This is likely due to the fact that levels of chemokines responsible for CD8+ T cell recruitment to the brain are present at equivalent levels in the brains of PbNK65-infected EphA2+/+ and EphA2-/- mice (Fig 5G) suggesting that CD8+ T cells are recruited to the brain independently of EphA2 in this non-ECM malaria model. The gene discussed is EPHA2; the disease is malaria.