Cellular cytokine and chemokine responses to parasite antigens and fungus and mite allergens in children co-infected with helminthes and protozoa parasites

Table 2 Infections listed by parasite species in children from whom peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated and PBMC studied in vitro for cytokine and chemokine responses to parasite antigens and fungus and mite allergens

Children without infection are Group G0 = NEG, children with single infection Group G1, those with double infection Group G2 and with three and parasite infections are Group G3+. Infections are listed by parasite species and abbreviations are shown: Na = Necator americanus; Eh = Entamoeba histolytica/dispar; Gl = Giardia lamblia; Hn = Hymenolepis nana; Sh = Schistosoma haematobium; Sm = Schistosoma mansoni; Ti-Trichomonas intestinalis).

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