Table 1.

Administration of α-GalCer to mice protects them against sporozoite-induced but not blood form-induced P. yoelii or P. berghei infection

Parasite stage	Parasite species	Mouse strain	Injected with	No. of mice protected/no. of challenged	Percentage protection (no parasitemia)
Sporozoites	P. yoelii	C57BL/6	α-GalCer	14/15	93
			Vehicle	0/10	0
			—	0/15	0
		BALB/c	α-GalCer	13/15	87
			Vehicle	0/10	0
			—	0/15	0
	P. berghei	C57BL/6	α-GalCer	9/10	90
			Vehicle	0/5	0
			—	0/10	0
Blood forms	P. yoelii	C57BL/6	α-GalCer	0/10	0
			—	0/10	0
		BALB/c	α-GalCer	0/10	0
			—	0/10	0
	P. berghei	C57BL/6	α-GalCer	0/10	0
			—	0/10	0