Fig 1. H. diminuta-infection is cleared by 11 days post-infection and induces systemic Th2 cytokines in the murine host.

Male BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were infected with 5 cysticercoids of H. diminuta and assessed at days post-infection (dpi). (A) Murine small intestines were flushed with ice cold PBS to retrieve and enumerate worms. Cytokine ELISAs were performed on supernatants from splenic cells (5x10⁶/mL) from (B, C, D) BALB/c and (E, F, G) C57BL/6 mice stimulated with concanavalin A (2 μg/mL, 48h). Data are mean ± SEM, n = 5-16/group, pooled from 2–3 experiments, * p<0.05 compared to the control (Con) group, analysed by Kruskal Wallis test with Dunn’s test for multiple comparisons.