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From: The immunological response to syphilis differs by HIV status; a prospective observational cohort study

Fig. 1

Plasma cytokine and chemokine concentrations in HIV-infected and uninfected patients with syphilis by syphilis stage at baseline and 6 month visit. Cytokine levels in each group (pg/ml, Y axis log scale) are shown as median and interquartile range (box), with 10th and 90th percentiles (whiskers). Letters (a) and (b) above the box-plot indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) as compared with the HIV-infected controls and the comparison between HIV-infected and uninfected PSS groups, respectively. Abbreviations. PSS HIV+: Primary Secondary Syphilis HIV-infected, LS HIV+: Latent Syphilis HIV-infected, PSS HIV-: Primary Secondary Syphilis HIV-uninfected

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