In vitro infection of mouse bone marrow-derived monocytes (BMDMs) with Ft revealed that by 24 h of co-incubation ∼1.5-log more total bacteria (intra- and extracellular combined) were recovered from TLR2−/−, but not CD14−/−, cells compared to wild-type cells (data not shown). The gene discussed is TLR2; the disease is infection.