Fig. 2

Levels of soluble leukocyte activation markers at admission and follow-up. Plasma/serum levels of MPO (a), sCD25 (b), sCD14 (c) and sCD163 (d) in patients with HIV infection without malaria (n = 49), patients with falciparum malaria without (n = 6) and with HIV infection (n = 22) at admission (before) and 48 h thereafter (after). Data are given as median and 25-75th percentiles. **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 versus levels at admission. The horizontal grey shaded area represent levels 25-75th percentiles in age- and sex-matched healthy controls (n = 52). In all three groups of patients, all parameters were significantly raised compared with levels in controls both at admission and during follow-up (p < 0.001 for all comparisons)