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Table 5 Frequencies of B cell subsets [Median (IQR)]

From: Profiling B and T cell immune responses to co-infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and hookworm in humans

Subset

HC

HW

TB

TB + HW

B cell (%)

7.1 (4.7–8.9)

7.2 (3.5–7.7)

6.6 (4.6–7.6)

7.5 (5.8–8.4)

Naïve B cell (%)

63.8 (42.2–78.5)

71.9 (53.4–83.3)

63.4 (57.0–74.8)

78.8 (71.4–81.1)

Tissue-like memory B cell (%)

5.0 (4.1–6.8)

4.7 (3.8–6.0)

3.8 (2.3–4.9)

5.0 (4.2–6.1)

Activated memory B cell (%)

7.8 (5.1–10.0)

8.0 (7.3–9.0)

7.5 (5.2–10.6)

5.0 (4.8–8.6)

Resting memory B cell (%)

46.8 (29.5–69.1)

65.3 (43.2–70.4)

46.0 (37.8–54.8)

35.9 (33.6–43.4)

Plasma cell (%)

44.6 (16.6–66.2)

25.8 (18.0–48.1)

44.3 (38.2–53.9)

54.7 (47.8–60.2)

  1. IQR: interquartile range; HC: healthy controls without PTB or hookworm infection; HW: patients only with hookworm infection; TB: PTB cases without hookworm infection; TB + HW: PTB cases co-infected with hookworm.