IL10 and Herpesviridae infectious disease: Taken with data in a murine model of ocular herpesvirus simplex infection where murine IL‐10 dampens infection-induced myeloid and lymphoid inflammation [46], these data are consistent with the idea that, via its suppressive properties, mammalian IL-10 functions to protect the host during acute herpesvirus infection by limiting over-exuberant and self-destructing immune responses elicited in response to virus challenge.