CD8^low T cells expanded following acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection and benznidazole treatment are a relevant subset of IFN-γ producers

• Alessandro Marins-Dos-Santos,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6742-6581

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• Bianca Perdigão Olivieri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Affiliation Laboratory for Innovations on Therapy, Education and Bioproducts, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Rafaella Ferreira-Reis,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7417-7867

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• Juliana de Meis,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology on Neuroimmunomodulation (INCT-NIM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Andrea Alice Silva,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5856-6128

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• Tania C. de Araújo-Jorge,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Innovations on Therapy, Education and Bioproducts, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8233-5845

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• Joseli Lannes-Vieira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biology of the Interactions, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-6754

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• Vinicius Cotta-de-Almeida

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vca@ioc.fiocruz.br

  Affiliations Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology on Neuroimmunomodulation (INCT-NIM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-3480

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