Table 1.

Outline of the parameters used to define the neuropathological injury score allocated to grade the severity of the neuroinflammatory reaction encountered in the murine CNS after trypanosome infection²⁰

	Score
	0	1	2	3	4
Meningitis	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Severe
Perivascular cuffing	None	None	Mild cuffing of some vessels	Prominent cuffing of some vessels	Prominent cuffing of most vessels
Encephalitis as defined by cellular activity in the neuropil	None	None	None	Moderate	Severe