<p>Freshly isolated PBMCs (1 × 10<sup>6</sup>/well) were incubated for 4 hours in the presence of PMA (100 ng/ml) and IM (1 μM). Panel A: Representative IFN-γ, IL-17 and TNF-α expression in the MAIT cell population were determined by intracellular flow cytometry after stimulation with PMA and IM. Data in <u>panel B</u> were obtained from 14 HCs and 23 patients with scrub typhus. Symbols represent individual subjects and horizontal lines are median values. *p < 0.05 by the Mann-Whitney U test.</p
