C3 and encephalitis: However, neither short-term (steroids, intravenous immunoglobulins) nor long-term (anti-thymocyte globulin, azathioprine, basiliximab, cyclosporine A, everolimus, mycophenolate mofetil) immunosuppressive medication significantly influenced levels of complement factors in CSF of patients with BoDV-1 encephalitis, with the exception of factor C3 (Supplementary Figure 4A and 4B).