title: Indiscriminate memories during infection control.
abstract: In this issue of Immunity, Soudja et al. (2012) demonstrate that non-antigen-specific stimulation evoked by a variety of pathogens plays an important role in the innate acquisition of effector function by memory CD8(+) T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Sammy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bedoui
authors.forename: Francis R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Carbone