Despite these known direct and indirect mechanisms of Mtb interference with T cell acknowledgement of infected cells, questions remain: (a) Do these evasion mechanisms impact non-CD4+ T cells? (b) During which stages of Mtb contamination and disease do they impact the immune response? (c) Which of these different T cell evasion mechanisms dominates, and at what stage of Mtb pathogenesis in vivo? Antibodies and B cells in LTBI Antibodies may contribute to long-term Mtb control in LTBI (reviewed in refs
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