A2M and tuberculosis: As shown in Figure 1, infection with S. stercoralis in the context of active pulmonary TB was associated with significantly lower levels of α-2M (Geometric Mean of 4.0 ng/ml in ATB vs. 2.7 ng/ml in ATB+Ss), CRP (GM of 6.2 ng/ml in ATB vs. 4.3 ng/ml in ATB+Ss) and SAA (GM of 4.3 ng/ml in ATB vs. 3.1 ng/ml in ATB+Ss) - when compared to Ss-uninfected individuals with active TB.