ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Estimating the number of HIV-specific T-cells in healthy donors using high-throughput sequencing profiles of T-cell receptor repertoires

Eliseev AV, Fedorova AD, Lebedin MY, Chudakov DM, Shugay M
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Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Mikhail Shugay
ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, d. 16/10, Moscow, Russia, 117997; moc.liamg@yaguhs.liahkim

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Funding: this work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 17-15-01495).

All authors' contribution to this work is equal: selection and analysis of literature, research planning, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, drafting of a manuscript, editing.

Received: 2017-10-23 Accepted: 2017-10-28 Published online: 2018-01-14
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