Monkeys further demonstrated a significant infection-related 25.8% decrease in mean plasma albumin concentration, from 35.3±1.9 [CI = 30.4–40.3] g/l at baseline to 26.2±4.2 [95% CI = 15.4–37.0, p = 0.02] g/l at 27 DPI. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is infection.