Table 1.

Worm burdens and eggs counts in the livers of infected mice orally treated with or without artesunate.

	0 d	23 d	23 d	35 d	35 d	56 d	56 d
			artesunate		artesunate		artesunate
Adult worms	0	9.75 ± 0.96***	0	10.5±1.29***	0	10 ± 1.63***	0
Liver eggs (/g)	0	0	0	26650.33 ± 1912.95***	0	51184.58 ± 1663.26***	0

Mice were percutaneously infected with S. japonicum; some were orally administered artesunate as described in Section 2. At 0 (before infection) and 23, 35, and 56 days postinfection, six mice from each group were sacrificed for worm burdens and eggs counts measurements. ***P < .001 compared to the artesunate groups at same time point.