The panel we employed included cytokines that are elevated in tuberculosis, i.e., interferon gamma (IFNγ), IL-2, IL-5, IL-10, IL-17, GM-CSF and TNFα (Jurado et al., 2012; Domingo-Gonzalez et al., 2016; Essone et al., 2019). This evidence concerns the gene IL5 and tuberculosis.