ITGAM and infection: Moreover, a depletion of CD11b+Ly6Chi cells by an anti‐Ly6C treatment at day three post N67C infection markedly reduced the parasitemia levels and prolonged the survival of WT mice that received early IFN‐α/β treatments at 18 h p.i., compared with WT mice that received either early IFN‐α/β treatments or an anti‐Ly6C treatment alone (Figure 6H).