Analysis of viral DNA in both HCMV WT- and HCMVΔUL8-infected CD34+ HPCs at 14 days post-infection (dpi) indicated similar amounts of HCMV genomes in both cell populations (Fig. 1C; Fig. S2), demonstrating that the lack of reactivation was not due to genome loss during the culture period. The gene discussed is CD34; the disease is infection.