Th17 Cells Are More Protective Than Th1 Cells Against the Intracellular Parasite Trypanosoma cruzi

• Catherine W. Cai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine W. Cai, Jennifer R. Blase

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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• Jennifer R. Blase ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine W. Cai, Jennifer R. Blase

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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• Xiuli Zhang,

  Current address: Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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• Christopher S. Eickhoff,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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• Daniel F. Hoft

  * E-mail: hoftdf@slu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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