Chronic infections capture little attention of the masses

Philippe Bousso

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2011.05.005

Chronic infections capture little attention of the masses

Immunity. 2011 May 27;34(5):699-701. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.05.005.

Author

Philippe Bousso¹

Affiliation

¹ Dynamics of Immune Responses Unit, Department of Immunology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. philippe.bousso@pasteur.fr

PMID: 21616441
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.05.005

Abstract

In this issue of Immunity, Egen et al. (2011) provide compelling evidence that only a minute fraction of mycobacteria-specific T cells present in a granuloma are actively fulfilling effector functions, an observation that may in fact be a general feature of chronic infections.