Elevated CSF CXCL13 levels have also been found in patients with HIV, Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis, congenital toxoplasmosis (21, 28), viral encephalitis (32), viral meningitis (e.g., varicella zoster virus, herpes simplex virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus [25, 28, 54]), multiple sclerosis (19, 28, 33), and CNS lymphoma (26, 34). The gene discussed is CXCL13; the disease is viral meningitis.