Figure 5. T. trichiura treatment reduces bacterial attachment to the colonic mucosa.

(A) DNA samples harvested from colon biopsies taken pre-treatment (Pre-Tt) and post-treatment (Post-Tt) were analyzed by quantitative PCR for the abundance of bacterial taxa based on specific primers for 16S rRNA sequences. Abundance is expressed as a fold-change above the average value of healthy controls. Subject TC05 is shown in red. (B) Plasma levels of soluble CD14 were measured by ELISA.