Ras-related protein Rab-7a (RAB7A) plays an important role in endolysosomal trafficking (Feng et al., 1995; Bucci et al., 2000) and has been shown to be involved in viral and bacterial infections across many pathogens (Caillet et al., 2011; Daniloski et al., 2021; D’Costa et al., 2015; Macovei et al., 2013). This evidence concerns the gene RAB7A and bacterial infectious disease.