Fig. 3.

Negative correlation of thoracic cavity eosinophil numbers and adult worm burden. Spearman correlation of the total thoracic cavity eosinophil numbers and adult worm burden (a, b) and peripheral blood MF counts (c, d) at 71 (a, c) and 119 days (b, d) after L. sigmodontis-infection in IL-4R^−/− (green dots), dblGATA (red dots), IL-5^−/− (blue dots), IL-4R^−/−/IL-5^−/− (orange dots) mice and wildtype controls (black dots). Data shown in a, c are pooled from two independent experiments at 71 dpi with 10–16 mice per group. Remaining panels (b, d) are from one experiment at 119 dpi with 6–10 mice per group