<p>The percentages of MAIT cells (<u>panel A</u>) in the peripheral blood of 18 scrub typhus patients during active disease and remission were determined by flow cytometry. TNF-α expression (<u>panel B</u>) in the MAIT cell population after stimulation with PMA and IM was determined by intracellular flow cytometry. Data in <u>panel B</u> were obtained from 11 patients with scrub typhus. Symbols represent individual subjects. *p < 0.05 by the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test.</p
