By contrast, in uninfected, dual humanized mice and hepatocyte-transplanted mice, ALB levels increased to a median value of 336 μg/ml (range 117.6–2663 μg/ml) and 708 μg/ml (range 148.7–1215.7 μg/ml) post-sham infection from their median values of 196 μg/ml (range 48.4–503 μg/ml) and 227 μg/ml (range 50–828.5 μg/ml), respectively (Fig. 1B). Here, ALB is linked to infection.