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. 2022 Aug 4;121(10):2749–2763. doi: 10.1007/s00436-022-07612-6

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Cell-mediated immunity due to Eimeria infection/vaccination. Cellular immune response priming takes place when Eimeria is taken to antigen-presenting cells. Antigenic proteins from Eimeria parasite are converted into peptides that bind with the cytokine primed cytotoxic T cells. These cytotoxic T cells either get activated and start inoculating the cells for death or may lead to formation of memory T cells