Infection of myeloid cell-specific Cre mice either on a STING proficient (Lyz2Cre+/−Tmem173wt/wt, LysMCre+STING WT mice) or STING deficient (Lyz2Cre+/−Tmem173−/−, LysMCre+STING KO mice) background with the repaired reporter MCMV revealed enhanced MCMV titers at 3 dpi in the liver of LysMCre+STING KO mice when compared with LysMCre+STING WT mice (Fig. 6c and Supplementary Fig. 4a). Here, STING1 is linked to infection.