Distinct, specific IL-17- and IL-22-producing CD4+ T cell subsets contribute to the human anti-mycobacterial immune response.

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Published in J Immunol on February 01, 2008

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Thomas J Scriba1, Barbara Kalsdorf, Deborah-Ann Abrahams, Fatima Isaacs, Jessica Hofmeister, Gillian Black, Hisham Y Hassan, Robert J Wilkinson, Gerhard Walzl, Sebastian J Gelderbloem, Hassan Mahomed, Gregory D Hussey, Willem A Hanekom

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1: South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Observatory, South Africa. thomas.scriba@uct.ac.za

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