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Published in final edited form as: Parasitol Res. 2009 Oct 7;105(6):1767–1777. doi: 10.1007/s00436-009-1646-z

Table 1.

Anti-worm and anti-fecundity effects in C57BL/6 mice following immunization either with prime boost regimen [(Sm-p80-pcDNA3)-(rSm-p80-ODN-10104)] or only with the recombinant protein (rSm-p80-ODN)

Immunization group	Number	Worms burden (mean±SE)	Number of eggs/g liver (mean±SE)	Number of eggs/g intestine (mean±SE)	Number of eggs/g tissue(mean±SE)	Percent reduction in worm burden (p≤0.001)	Percent reduction in egg production (p≤0.001)
Control prime-boost (pcDNA-ODN-2137)	14	21.14±2.04	7174.08±1544.82	1968.45±391.02	4571.26±2602.81	–	–
Experimental prime boost (Sm-p80-pcDNA3-rSm-p80-ODN-10104)	15	9.06±0.99	1967.05±422.37	699.85±165.44	1333.45±633.60	57.14	70.82
Control protein vaccine (ODN-2137)	15	26.40±1.45	6969.39±1147.60	2232.36±440.89	4600.87±2368.51	–	–
Experimental protein vaccine (rSm-p80-ODN-10104)	15	8.40±1.13	873.93±460.04	389.16±87.17	1131.54±742.38	69.69	75.40