IL18 and tuberculosis: In our study, other cytokines, including Interleukin-10 (IL-10), Interleukin-12 (IL-12), Interleukin-17 (IL-17), and Interleukin-18 (IL-18), showed no significant differences between the two groups, whereas studies by Rook; Boneberg and Hartung; Santiago et al.; Lang and Schick; and Rajamanickam et al. have shown higher levels in Interleukin-10 (IL-10), Interleukin-12 (IL-12), in helminths+TB groups and the difference was statistically significant [27-31].