CD4⁺ but not CD8⁺ T cells are required for protection against severe guinea pig cytomegalovirus infections

• Tyler B. Rollman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Zachary W. Berkebile,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Dustin M. Hicks,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Jason S. Hatfield,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Priyanka Chauhan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Marco Pravetoni,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Center for Medication Development for Substance Use Disorders and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Mark R. Schleiss,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Gregg N. Milligan,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Vaccinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Terry K. Morgan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

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• Craig J. Bierle

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cjbierle@umn.edu

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7890-7409

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