MYH9 and infection: Moreover, MYH9 has been reported to act as a necessary cellular factor for infection with viruses such as herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and PRRSV (Arii et al., 2010; Sun et al., 2014; Xiong et al., 2015; Guo et al., 2016).