This revealed 13 mediators of inflammation that correlated with infection status, which were, in order of strength of significance, IL-4, IL-5, IL-7, IL-15, IFN-α, IL-12, IFN-γ, IL-17, IL-1Ra, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-10, and IL-2. The gene discussed is IL15; the disease is infection.