At three months post-infection with low dose EBV, serum levels were biased towards proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines like TNFα, IL-8, and IL-6, while IFNγ and IL-10 were not significantly elevated, in contrast to what we observed after five weeks of high dose EBV infection (Fig 8D). This evidence concerns the gene TNF and Epstein-Barr virus infection.