CD1D and epidermolysis bullosa: The percentage of mice with swabs containing IFU-positive results among WT, Jα18−/−, and CD1d−/− mice indicated that invariant NKT cell-deficient mice (Jα18−/−) have an extended period of infectious EB shedding (p < 0.01; Cohen’s d = 1.94, 95% CI [0.90, 2.94]) (Figure 1C).