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nature research | reporting summary

October 2018

Life sciences study design

All studies must disclose on these points even when the disclosure is negative.

Sample size See Mss Lines 869-880 (M&M, "Animals")

Data exclusions No data excluded

Replication See Extended Data Figure 1

Randomization See Mss Lines 883-885 (M&M "BCG Vaccination")

Blinding Pathologists performing the necropsies, analysts reading PET-CT scans, and technicians processing tissues were blinded from treatment group

Reporting for specific materials, systems and methods

We require information from authors about some types of materials, experimental systems and methods used in many studies. Here, indicate whether each material,

system or method listed is relevant to your study. If you are not sure if a list item applies to your research, read the appropriate section before selecting a response.

Materials & experimental systems

n/a Involved in the study

Antibodies

Eukaryotic cell lines

Palaeontology

Animals and other organisms

Human research participants

Clinical data

Methods

n/a Involved in the study

ChIP-seq

Flow cytometry

MRI-based neuroimaging

Antibodies

Antibodies used See Suppl Data 8-11

Validation All monoclonal antibodies used for flow cytometry were titrated to obtain optimal signal to noise, comparing the specific staining

to a gold standard or previously published monoclonal antibody to ensure the staining is biologically appropriate.

Animals and other organisms

Policy information about studies involving animals; ARRIVE guidelines recommended for reporting animal research

Laboratory animals See Mss Lines 857-867 (M&M, "Animals")

Wild animals N/A

Field-collected samples N/A

Ethics oversight See Mss Lines 857-867 (M&M, "Animals")

Note that full information on the approval of the study protocol must also be provided in the manuscript.

Flow Cytometry

Plots

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The axis labels state the marker and fluorochrome used (e.g. CD4-FITC).

The axis scales are clearly visible. Include numbers along axes only for bottom left plot of group (a 'group' is an analysis of identical markers).

All plots are contour plots with outliers or pseudocolor plots.

A numerical value for number of cells or percentage (with statistics) is provided.