Table 4.

Parasites and eggs detected in S mansoni–infected wild-type and eosinophil lineage–ablated mice

	Worms
Mouse strain	Males*	Females*	Pairs	Total	Eggs/g liver tissue, × 10-3	Eggs in liver tissue, %
BALB/c	2.1 ± 0.9	0	4.8 ± 0.4	11.7 ± 0.8	22.0 ± 1.4	83 ± 3
ΔdblGATA	1.4 ± 0.5	0	4.3 ± 0.5	9.9 ± 1.1	23.5 ± 2.6	81 ± 3
C57BL/6	5.6 ± 1.0†	0	5.6 ± 0.53	17.2 ± 1.0†	16.7 ± 2.0	90 ± 2
TgPHIL	5.3 ± 1.5‡	0.4 ± 0.2	7.1 ± 1.3	19.6 ± 2.5‡	21.2 ± 3.0	92 ± 0.7

Analysis based on measurements taken at week 12 after exposure to cercariae of S mansoni as described in “Materials and methods.” Data are presented as plus or minus standard error of the mean.

^*Males and females refer to worms detected as singles.

^†P < .001 versus BALB/c.

^‡P < .005 versus ΔdblGATA.