T Cells Team Up Against Leishmania (IMAGE)

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T Cells Team Up Against Leishmania

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Glennie et al. show that memory CD4+ T cells (green) in the skin reduce the number of parasites after secondary Leishmania infection by recruiting parasite-fighting memory CD4+ T cells (red) circulating in the blood.

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