Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that controls the nature and extent of inflammatory responses during infection with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and helminths (Couper et al., 2008, Moore et al., 2001) and has a particular central role in intestinal immunity and homeostasis (Manzanillo et al., 2015). This evidence concerns the gene IL10 and infection.