Volume 21, Number 8—August 2015
Dispatch
Infections with Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Cytokine Responses in 2 Persons Bitten by Ticks, Sweden
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Figure 1. Proinflammatory cytokines in 2 patients infected with Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, Sweden. Concentrations of cytokines A) interleukin-1β (IL-1β), B) tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), C) interleukin-6 (IL-6), and D) macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β) were measured in serum of patient 1 on days 0, 77, and 169 and in serum of patient 2 on days 0, 65, and 98. A rash developed in patient 1 on day 77 and in patient 2 on day 65. Dashed lines indicate levels of Neoehrlichia DNA in plasma for both patients. Dotted lines indicate detection limit for each cytokine.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.