Comparing age-matched mice within cluster 0 (effector and inflationary) and cluster 1 (memory), revealed Cdk8, Lars2, Junb and Il31ra being differentially expressed amongst others in LCMV and MCMV-ie2 infected mice 15 mpi, while Ccl5, Uba52 and Ifi27l2a were differentially expressed in both infections 28 dpi. Here, CDK8 is linked to infection.