Data are presented as box plots with whiskers and outliers. The box represents the interquartile range while the whiskers represent the 10th and 90th percentiles including the outliers (closed circles). The horizontal line across the box indicates the median value. (A) IL-23 levels, (B) IL-12 levels, (C) IL-10 levels, (D) IL-12/IL-23 ratio, (E) IL-10/IL-23 ratio, and (F) IL-10/IL-12 ratio in relation to parasitemia levels. Differences between groups were tested using Mann-Whitney U test.