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For this thesis, Harindra Sathkumara received the Dean's Award for Excellence 2021.

Six publications relating to this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publications are:

[Chapter 3] Sathkumara, Harindra D., Pai, Saparna, de Jesús Aceves-Sánchez, Michel, Ketheesan, Natkunam, Flores-Valdez, Mario Alberto, and Kupz, Andreas (2019) BCG vaccination prevents reactivation of latent lymphatic murine tuberculosis independently of CD4+ T cells. Frontiers in Immunology, 10. 532.

[Chapter 4] Sathkumara, Harindra D., Muruganandah, Visai, Cooper, Martha M., Field, Matt A., Alim, Md Abdul, Brosch, Roland, Ketheesan, Natkunam, Govan, Brenda, Rush, Catherine M., Henning, Lars, and Kupz, Andreas (2020) Mucosal delivery of ESX-1–expressing BCG strains provides superior immunity against tuberculosis in murine type 2 diabetes. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 117 (34). pp. 20848-20859.

[Chapter 5] Sathkumara, Harindra D., Hansen, Karyina, Miranda-Hernandez, Socorro, Govan, Brenda, Rush, Catherine M., Henning, Lars, Ketheesan, Natkunam, and Kupz, Andreas (2020) Disparate effects of metformin on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in diabetic and nondiabetic mice. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 65 (1). e01422-20.

[Appendix 1] Muruganandah, Visai, Sathkumara, Harindra D., Pai, Saparna, Rush, Catherine M., Brosch, Roland, Waardenberg, Ashley J., and Kupz, Andreas (2020) A systematic approach to simultaneously evaluate safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of novel tuberculosis vaccination strategies. Science Advances, 6 (10).

[Appendix 2] Alim, Md Abdul, Sikder, Suchandan, Sathkumara Mudiyanselage, Harindra, Kupz, Andreas, Rush, Catherine M., Govan, Brenda L., and Ketheesan, Natkunam (2019) Dysregulation of key cytokines may contribute to increased susceptibility of diabetic mice to Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection. Tuberculosis, 115. pp. 113-120.

[Appendix 3] Muruganandah, Visai, Sathkumara, Harindra D., Navarro, Severine, and Kupz, Andreas (2018) A systematic review: the role of resident memory T cells in infectious diseases and their relevance for vaccine development. Frontiers in Immunology, 9. 1574. pp. 1-21.