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 2. Th1 cytokines in 2 patients infected with Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, Sweden. Concentrations of cytokines A) interleukin-12p70 (IL-12p70), B) interferon-γ (IFN-γ), C) monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) (C), and D) IFN-γ−induced protein 10 (IP-10) 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. 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.