Interleukin (IL)-17, IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-10 may be critical to the host survival and infection control (Abrahamsohn and Coffman, 1996; Cardillo et al., 1996; Basso et al., 2004; Bastos et al., 2007; Miyazaki et al., 2010; Roffe et al., 2012). This evidence concerns the gene TNF and infection.