Inhibition of STAT3 signaling has been implicated in some cell lines during infection with several viruses including Marburg virus, human metapneumovirus, Ebola virus and Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (Valmas et al., 2010; Mitzel et al., 2014; Harrison et al., 2021; Lee et al., 2023). This evidence concerns the gene STAT3 and infection.