Figure 2.

Longitudinal pattern of child’s general and specific TH₂-type humoral and cellular immune responses. The levels of child’s total IgE (A), PHA-induced IL-5 (B), BmA-induced IL-5 (C), Ascaris-induced IL-5 (D) and unstimulated IL-5 (E) of children at the age of 2 months (T0), 5 months (T5), 12 months (T12), 24 months (T24) and 48 months (T48). The horizontal lines in the bars represent the median, with the lower 25% and upper 75% percentiles and extended whiskers the 10% and 90% percentiles. Comparisons were made between the baseline (T0) and other time points: *p < 0.05; **0.001 < p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.