To date, it has been reported that herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and PRRSV utilize MYH9 as a necessary factor for infection of permissive cells (Arii et al., 2010; Sun et al., 2014; Xiong et al., 2015). The gene discussed is MYH9; the disease is infection.