Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African Immigrants, Gran Canaria

Javier Pardo*†¹, Cristina Carranza‡¹, Antonio Muro*, Alfonso Angel-Moreno§, Antonio-Manuel Martín‡§, Teresa Martín*, Michele Hernández-Cabrera‡¶, and José-Luis Pérez-Arellano‡¶

Author affiliations: *Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; †Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; ‡Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; §Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; ¶Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

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Figure 2

Relationship between eosinophil counts and the parasitologic diagnosis. Data are expressed as a box-and-whisker plot showing median, interquartile range (IQ), and extreme values. Circles indicate atypical outliers (values 1.5–3×IQ), and asterisk represents extreme outliers (values >3×IQ).

Figure 2. Relationship between eosinophil counts and the parasitologic diagnosis. Data are expressed as a box-and-whisker plot showing median, interquartile range (IQ), and extreme values. Circles indicate atypical outliers (values 1.5–3×IQ), and asterisk represents extreme outliers (values >3×IQ).

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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