Immune Profile of Honduran Schoolchildren with Intestinal Parasites: The Skewed Response against Geohelminths

Figure 3

Association between STH infection and cytokines in studied children. A. lumbricoides infections were associated with higher levels of IL-13 (a) and IL-10 (b), whereas lower levels of IFN-γ were associated with T. trichiura infections (c) and moderate-to-heavy ascariasis (d). Geometric means (GM) are depicted in their respective boxes.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)