At 3 h pi the IL-17 level was 185%, p < 0.0006 which increased significantly to the level 346%, p < 0.0001 at 6 h and 426%, p < 0.0001 at 12 h and the level shoot-up to 562%, p < 0.0001 at 24 h post infection (Fig. 6) when compared to the level expressed at 0 h post JEV infection. This evidence concerns the gene IL17A and infection.