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The role of lung tissue-resident memory T cells in protection against tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem, which is proving extremely difficult to control in the absence of an effective vaccine. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the only vaccine currently licensed against TB, demonstrates variable efficacy in humans and cattle. A greater understanding of what constitutes a protective host immune response is required in order to aid the development of improved vaccines. Tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM) are a recently-identified subset of...

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University of Oxford
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MSD
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NDM
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Jenner Institute
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Animal and Plant Health Agency
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McShane, H
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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford
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2018-02-28

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