Figure 6.

Median with interquartile range of the log-transformed crude concentrations of eleven cytokines and six chemokines in cervicovaginal lavage by FGS burden (Schistosoma DNA concentration Cq <35 in any genital specimen, n=15, FGS negative:n=159) ^χ. FGS – Schistosoma PCR positive specimen from cervicovaginal lavage, vaginal swab or cervical swab; FGS negative – negative Schistosoma PCR and negative circulating anodic antigen and negative urine microscopy and negative expert-reviewed colposcopy imaging. ^χp-value after adjustment for multiple testing with a Monte-Carlo simulation approach, p=0.001 p-value symbol legend: *p < 0.1 **p < 0.05.