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"It is well known that chronic drinking is associated with an increased incidence and severity of respiratory infections. Previous research had demonstrated that an increase in disease severity to influenza virus (IAV) infections was due, in part, to a failure to mount a robust IAV-specific CD8 T cell response, along with a specific impairment in the ability of these T cells to produce interferon \u03B3 (IFN\u03B3). A new rodent study further examines chronic drinking's damage to CD8 T cells, finding that some effector functions of CD8 T cells become limited or reduced while other effector functions are left intact."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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