MyD88 flies infected with the ∆HTL strain succumbed faster to the infection (time for death of 50% of the flies [LT50] was about 110 hours), while flies infected with the yps11 strain were killed slower (LT50 about 130 hours), but nevertheless faster than vpk1 flies (LT50 about 180 hours) (Fig. 5D). Here, MYD88 is linked to infection.