Differences in the expression of three genes involved in lipid transport, fatty acid translocase (CD36 or Fat), scavenger receptor B‐I (Srb1), and Niemann‐Pick C1‐like 1 protein (Npc1 l1), were less than 2.5‐fold between genotypes and between the LF and WD. Here, SCARB1 is linked to Lassa fever.