IL17A and infection: At 3 h pi the IL-17 level was 214%, p < 0.0001 which increased significantly to the level 400%, p < 0.0001 at 6 h and 493%, p < 0.0001 at 12 h and the level shoot-up to 800%, p < 0.0001 at 24 h post infection (Fig. 5) when compared to the level expressed at 0 h post JEV infection.