From: HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population: an immunological profile
Without parasite infection | Only helminth infections | Only B. hominis infection | Only Cryptosporidium spp. infection | Both helminth and protozoan infections | P-Value** | |
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(n = 210) | (n = 11) | (n = 56) | (n = 9) | (n = 5) | ||
CD4+ | 842.2 ± 270.5 | 802.5 ± 219.8 | 794.6 ± 249.6 | 739.8 ± 175.9 | 937.6 ± 251.9 | 0.4796 |
IL-2 | 56.4 ± 41.4 | 69.8 ± 49.0 | 55.6 ± 40.3 | 64.2 ± 45.2 | 58.9 ± 46.7 | 0.8432 |
IL-4 | 14.8 ± 9.0 | 15.5 ± 6.3 | 14.3 ± 6.6 | 15.1 ± 12.0 | 13.0 ± 6.6 | 0.9801 |
IL-10 | 25.4 ± 51.0 | 22.1 ± 25.1 | 28.5 ± 43.0 | 27.6 ± 38.6 | 8.3 ± 5.3 | 0.9212 |
IFN-γ | 12.3 ± 7.2 | 13.8 ± 12.5 | 12.0 ± 7.0 | 11.2 ± 5.5 | 10.1 ± 2.9 | 0.8762 |
T* | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 0.9135 |