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. 2000 Sep;68(9):5198–5204. doi: 10.1128/iai.68.9.5198-5204.2000

TABLE 3.

LSA-1-driven cytokine responses and frequency of reinfection

Cytokine No. with positive smear/total (%)a
P
Responderb Nonresponder
IL-5 11/25 (44.0) 23/44 (52.3)  NSc
IL-10 4/16 (25.0) 30/61 (49.2) 0.083
IFN-γ 20/43 (46.5) 24/51 (47.1) NS
TNF-α 6/14 (42.9) 20/40 (50.0) NS
a

Blood smear positive for P. falciparum at any time in the 10 weeks following treatment. 

b

A responder is defined as an individual with a cytokine level greater than the mean + 2 SD of North American control subjects. 

c

χ2 test; NS, not significant.