CXCL2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: To determine the effect of Ss infection on the pro-inflammatory chemokine milieu in T2DM, we measured the plasma levels of CCL1, CCL2, CCL3, CCL11, CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL9, CXCL10 and CXCL11 in Ss+ and Ss- individuals.