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At necropsy, there was a one hundred- to one thousand-fold increase in expression of traumatic brain injury genes (LIF, MMP-9) as well as inflammatory cytokines and chemokines (IFN-\u03b3, IP-10, MCP-1, IL-8, IL-6) in the brain tissues. Phenotypic analysis of leukocytes entering the brain identified cells as primarily lymphoid (T, B, NK cells) with lower levels of infiltrating macrophages and activated microglia. Massive amounts of infectious virus were found in the brains of lethally-infected macaques. While no infectious virus was found in surviving macaques, quantitative PCR did find evidence of viral genomes in the brains of several survivors. These data are consistent with an overwhelming viral infection in the CNS coupled with a tremendous inflammatory response to the infection that may contribute to the disease outcome. 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