Then, to further characterize the impact of STING in the control of NiV infection, we harvested lung, spleen and brain of mice at early (day 0-day 2), mid (day 2-day 7), or late (day 7-day 28) phase of infection and analyzed viral replication and cytokine expression by RT-qPCR (Fig 1C). This evidence concerns the gene STING1 and infection.