Upon initial cervical simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of macaques, pDCs were shown to infiltrate in cervix within 1–2 days post infection (dpi) and secrete large amounts of IFNα, followed by recruitment of circulating blood effector CD4 T cells to this site [10], which is also likely populated with HIV infected and migrating myeloid DCs, macrophages and tissue resident memory (TRM) CD4 T cells. Here, IFNA1 is linked to infection.