Table 1.
Morphometric measurements and nuclei counts between the cephalic space and nerve ring of the Thai and Myanmar strains of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae
| Wuchereria bancrofti strains** | |||
| Parameters* | Thai (nocturnally subperiodic) | Myanmar (nocturnally periodic) | t, (p) |
| Measurements (μm) | |||
| Body length | 299.20 ± 11.87 (270–324) | 286.92 ± 9.42 (255–310) | 8.879, (0.000***) |
| Cephalic space length | 5.47 ± 0.68 (4–7) | 5.20 ± 0.71 (4–7) | -2.945, (0.004***) |
| Head to nerve ring length | 56.81 ± 5.33 (34–72) | 56.24 ± 3.26 (48–67) | 0.994, (0.321) |
| Innenkorper length | 42.62 ± 5.79 (32–64) | 42.67 ± 5.09 (32–60) | -0.710, (0.943) |
| Cephalic space width | 5.91 ± 0.53 (4–8) | 5.62 ± 0.57 (4–7) | -4.097, (0.000***) |
| Body width at nerve ring | 6.32 ± 0.52 (6–8) | 6.30 ± 0.69 (5–9) | 0.211, (0.833) |
| Count | |||
| Number of nuclei between cephalic space and nerve ring | 89.52 ± 6.37 (72–103) | 88.51 ± 8.29 (66–101) | -1.100, (2.72) |
* Measurements and count: mean ± SD. Range in parentheses.
** Thirty samples from each patient, total 120 samples per strain.
*** Statistically significant difference at p < 0.05