In none of these experiments could a significant relationship be detected between spleen viral titers of MCMV and the extent of body weight loss post infection, fever, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia, hyperferritinemia, plasma levels of sCD25, remaining percentage of NK cells in lung, plasma levels of ALT, or the extent of lymphadenopathy (Fig. 2d-m). The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is anemia.