For the gene SOD2 (ENSG00000112096.19), transcript ENST00000367055.8 (adjusted P-value = 0.029) showed reduced usage, whereas transcript ENST00000538183.7 (adjusted P-value = 0.003) exhibited increased usage in samples from patients with viral compared to bacterial infection (Fig. 5A; Supplementary Fig. 9). This evidence concerns the gene SOD2 and bacterial infectious disease.