title: Infected cells call their killers to the scene of the crime.
abstract: Effector CD8(+) T cells scan tissues to locate and kill infected host cells. In this issue of Immunity, Hickman et al. (2015) show that the exploration is not random: infected monocytes attract their assassins by secreting chemokines, which accelerates clearance of epicutaneous vaccinia virus infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Lalit K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Beura
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: masopust@umn.edu.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Masopust
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D054367:Receptors, CXCR3 / Q000276:immunology*; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: C515188:Cxcr3 protein, mouse; D054367:Receptors, CXCR3