T-cell activation is an immune correlate of risk in BCG vaccinated infants

T-cell activation is an immune correlate of risk in BCG vaccinated infants

BCG vaccine confers only partial protection against tuberculosis. Here the authors show that the risk of tuberculosis infection and progression to disease in BCG-immunized children positively correlates with the frequency of activated HLA-DR+CD4+T cells.

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Main Authors: Helen A. Fletcher, Margaret A. Snowden, Bernard Landry, Wasima Rida, Iman Satti, Stephanie A. Harris, Magali Matsumiya, Rachel Tanner, Matthew K. O’Shea, Veerabadran Dheenadhayalan, Leah Bogardus, Lisa Stockdale, Leanne Marsay, Agnieszka Chomka, Rachel Harrington-Kandt, Zita-Rose Manjaly-Thomas, Vivek Naranbhai, Elena Stylianou, Fatoumatta Darboe, Adam Penn-Nicholson, Elisa Nemes, Mark Hatherill, Gregory Hussey, Hassan Mahomed, Michele Tameris, J Bruce McClain, Thomas G. Evans, Willem A. Hanekom, Thomas J. Scriba, Helen McShane
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/edab3b0f77064ee189c1a3294bd52daa
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