PBMCs and LMNCs were analyzed on a modified 4-laser LSR Fortessa (BD Biosciences). Antibody capture beads (BD Bioscience) were used for single-stain compensation controls. Flow cytometry data were analyzed with FlowJo 8.8.7 (Treestar) and when applicable, fluorescence minus one (FMO) gating strategies were used to set the manual gates9 (link)37 (link)38 (link). A virus-specific response was considered positive when ≥0.05% of the cells produced IFN-γ after background reduction and if the response was larger than twice the negative background signal9 (link)37 (link)38 (link).
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