CD8A and tuberculosis: Characterization of protective or dominant HLA-restricted CD8+ T cell epitopes has been undertaken for a range of diseases, including influenza A, cytomegalovirus (CMV), HIV, and tuberculosis (TB) (McMichael et al., 1983, Wu et al., 2011, Borthwick et al., 2017, Lehmann et al., 2019, Lewinsohn et al., 2013).