At 3 h pi the IL6 level was 177%, p < 0.0001 which increased significantly to the level 332%, p < 0.0001at 6 h and 353%, p < 0.0001 at 12 h and the level shoot-up to 682%, p < 0.0001 at 24 h post infection (Fig. 5) when compared to the level expressed at 0 h post JEV infection. This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and infection.