Mycobacterium tuberculosis Vaccination Imprints on T-Cell Dynamics Associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Challenge in Rhesus Monkeys

Frank Verreck⁵, Markus Maeurer^1,7*, Mats Spångberg², Rigmor Thorstensson², Hans Gaines², Jerry Sadoff³, Yasir A.W. Skeiky³, Jan Andersson⁶, Ivanela Kondova⁵, Isabelle Magalhaes^1,2, Alan Thomas⁵, Jaap Goudsmit⁴, Maria Grazia Pau⁴, Giulia Schirru⁴, Frank Weichold³, Donata R. Sizemore³, Nalini Vudattu^1,2 and Raija K. Ahmed²

¹Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden

²The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden

³Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Rockville, United States of America

⁴Crucell Holland BV, Leiden, The Netherlands

⁵Department of Parasitology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

⁶Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

⁷Center for allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (CAST), Karolinska Hospital, Sweden

^*Corresponding Author: Markus Maeurer, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, MTC, Nobels Väg 16, S-17182 Solna, Sweden, Tel: +46 (0) 708628566 Email: