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About the Authors:
Emily B. Wong
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, Durban, South Africa, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ngomu Akeem Akilimali
Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, Durban, South Africa, HIV Pathogenesis Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Pamla Govender
Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, Durban, South Africa, HIV Pathogenesis Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Zuri A. Sullivan
Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, Durban, South Africa, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Cormac Cosgrove
Affiliation: Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Mona Pillay
Affiliation: HIV Pathogenesis Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
David M. Lewinsohn
Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
William R. Bishai
Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, Durban, South Africa, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Bruce D. Walker
Affiliations HIV Pathogenesis Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Thumbi Ndung'u
Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, Durban, South Africa, HIV Pathogenesis Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
Paul Klenerman
Affiliation: Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Victoria O. Kasprowicz
Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, Durban, South Africa, HIV Pathogenesis Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Introduction
CD161++ CD8+ T cells have recently been brought to the forefront of research on the cellular immune response to a number of infectious diseases [1] [2], [3]. Northfield et al reported that CD161 expression indicates a unique pattern of CD8+ T cell differentiation, tightly linked to...