Equine arteritis virus long-term persistence is orchestrated by CD8⁺ T lymphocyte transcription factors, inhibitory receptors, and the CXCL16/CXCR6 axis

• Mariano Carossino,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-5915

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• Pouya Dini,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5553-5967

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• Theodore S. Kalbfleisch,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Current address: Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2370-8189

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• Alan T. Loynachan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5299-6319

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• Igor F. Canisso,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

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• R. Frank Cook,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4874-8355

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• Peter J. Timoney,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-0457

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• Udeni B. R. Balasuriya

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: balasuriya1@lsu.edu

  Affiliation Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0609-678X

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