Table 1.
Comparison between the different studied groups according to parasite burden in liver and spleen impression smears.
| Tachyzoite count | Group III (n = 6) |
Group IV (n = 6) |
Group V (n = 6) |
F | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In liver impression smear | |||||
| Mean ± SD. | 3.1 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.3 | 0.7 ± 0.4 | 73.134* | <0.001* |
| Median (Min. – Max.) | 3.1 (2.4–3.5) | 0.9 (0.5–1.2) | 0.7 (0.2–1.2) | ||
| Sig. bet. gps. | p1 < 0.001*, p2 < 0.001*, p3 = 0.773 | ||||
| In spleen impression smear | |||||
| Mean ± SD. | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 1 ± 0.4 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 13.983* | <0.001* |
| Median (Min. – Max.) | 1.4 (1–1.8) | 1 (0.4–1.5) | 0.4 (0.1–0.6) | ||
| Sig. bet. gps. | p1 = 0.153, p2 < 0.001*, p3 = 0.014* | ||||
SD: Standard deviation.
F: F for ANOVA test, Pair-wise comparison bet. each 2 groups, was done using Post Hoc Test (Tukey).
p: p- value for comparing between the studied groups.
p1: p- value for comparing between Group III and Group IV.
p2: p- value for comparing between Group III and Group V.
p3: p- value for comparing between Group IV and Group V.
*: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05.