A Broad Profile of Co-Dominant Epitopes Shapes the Peripheral Mycobacterium tuberculosis Specific CD8+ T-Cell Immune Response in South African Patients with Active Tuberculosis

• Rebecca Axelsson-Robertson,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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• André G. Loxton,

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research and MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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• Gerhard Walzl,

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research and MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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• Marthie M. Ehlers,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria/NHLS, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Marleen M. Kock,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria/NHLS, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Alimuddin Zumla,

  Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

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• Markus Maeurer

  * E-mail: markus.maeurer@ki.se

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Therapeutic Immunology (TIM), Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and CAST, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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