Table.

Serum cytokine concentrations of patients with influenza subtype H5N1, patients with influenza A and B infection, and healthy controls

		Serum cytokine concentrations (ng/L)
		IP-10	MCP-1	MIG	RANTES	Interleukin 8
Patient 1*with influenza A (H5N1)
6 days after illness onset		36000	644	5100	24000	30
8 days after illness onset		>50000	2316	17000	23000	90
Patient 2†influenza A (H5N1)
3 days after illness onset		16000	85	1400	29000	41
5 days after illness onset		1300	80	343	>50000	22
Influenza A or B controls‡
1–3 days after symptoms
	Median	2650	330	600	NA§	9
	Mean	3582	520	675	NA§	11
	SD	3952	599	426	NA§	8
	Range	490–11000	100–1700	330–1500	20000–>50000	3–24
9–10 days after symptoms
	Median	335	125	250	NA§	9
	Mean	332	131	260	NA§	37
	SD	104	47	86	NA§	70
	Range	190–450	75–200	170–410	14000–>50000	6–180
Healthy controls¶
	Median	159	76	198	17884	11
	Mean	202	107	238	18143	19
	SD	83	63	104	712	16
	Range	129–301	43–181	129–363	17285–19156	8-44

^*33-year-old man.

^†8-year-old boy.

^‡n=6; age-range 23–41 years.

^§Mean, median and SD cannot be calculated since some results are beyond the upper range of assay.

^¶n=5; age-range 21–37 years.