To determine if host responses to CoV2 are affected by Mtb-infection, K18-hACE2 (ACE2) and C57BL/6 (B6) mice were infected with low dose Mtb (~90 CFU) via aerosol delivery; thirty days later, the ACE2 mice were challenged with CoV2 (~25K PFU) via intranasal delivery (Fig 1A). The gene discussed is KRT18; the disease is infection.