PMEL and influenza: In addition, our standard curve showed that the lower limit of accurate detection is 0.02 % of CD8+ T cells, which is within the range of limits of detection (0.01–0.04 %) established by others using HLA tetramers for HLA-A2-restricted CD8+ T cells epitopes in gp100, MART, HIV, CMV and influenza [17–20].