IFNA1 and infection: Induction of interferon and interferon-stimulated genes by ZIKV, and control of viral replication by the IFN pathway, has been well-documented, including in vaginally-introduced infections (Hamel et al., 2015; Bayer et al., 2016; Lazear et al., 2016; Caine et al., 2019; Khan et al., 2019).