Significantly higher levels of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-8 were also observed after ANDV-infection, at day 25 p.i. for IL-6 (Fig 4B, S4 Fig) and at days 20–25 p.i. (Fig 4C, S4 Fig) for IL-8. The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is infection.