Rapid and more-sustained elevations in IL-1ra, MIP-1α, IL-5, IL-10 and IL-17 levels were followed by IL-1β, IL-2, IL-7, IL-9, IL-12, IL-15, IFN-α2, MIP-1β, FGF-2 and GM-CSF at over 2 months post-infection, and accompanied by the recovery of CD4+ cells. The gene discussed is IL17A; the disease is infection.