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Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cells Produce Sufficient IFN-γ to Mediate Robust Protective Immunity against Genital Chlamydia muridarum Infection
1 Mar 2008
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Chlamydia has been shown to evade host-specific IFN-gamma-mediated bacterial killing; however, IFN-gamma-deficient mice exhibit suboptimal late phase vaginal Chlamydia muridarum clearance, greater dissemination, and oviduct pathology. These findings introduce constraints in understanding results from murine chlamydial vaccination studies in context of potential implications to humans. In this study, we used mice...
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