Discovery of a Protective Rickettsia prowazekii Antigen Recognized by CD8⁺ T Cells, RP884, Using an In Vivo Screening Platform

• Michal Gazi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michal Gazi, Erika Caro-Gomez

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Erika Caro-Gomez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michal Gazi, Erika Caro-Gomez

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Yenny Goez,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Maria A. Cespedes,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Marylin Hidalgo,

  Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

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• Paula Correa,

  Affiliation Grupo de Inmunomodulación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

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• Gustavo Valbuena

  * E-mail: gvalbuen@utmb.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Center for Tropical Diseases, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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