IL6 and Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: Elevated levels of IL‐6 and other cytokines such as IL‐8, IL‐10, TNF and IFN‐γ have also been detected in Dobrava virus‐infected and Hantaan virus‐infected HFRS patients 96, 97, 98, 99 and in HPS patients 87, 100, 101 indicating that elevated levels of these cytokines are a general consequence of human hantavirus infection.