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Figure 4

From: Effect of nutrient deficiencies on in vitro Th1 and Th2 cytokine response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to Plasmodium falciparum infection

Figure 4

Relationships between supernatant concentrations of IFN-γ, IL-10 and IL-13 under different conditions of micronutrient and malaria status at the time of blood collection, following 7 days stimulation of PBMCs with Plasmodium falciparum -infected erythrocytes. Regression lines and dots in respective panels: closed dots and solid lines = zinc replete, magnesium replete, no iron deficiency anaemia and no malaria; open dots and dashed lines = zinc deficiency, magnesium deficiency, iron deficiency anaemia and positive malaria tests at time when blood was collected. The differences in slopes for other relationships are shown in Table 3. P-values have been calculated to indicates whether the interaction between nutrition status and malaria infection status have impact on the association between IFN-γ and IL-10.

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