Table 1.
Infection | Morphological parameter measurements (mean±SD)* |
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PN (µm) | NA (µm) | PK (µm) | KN (µm) | W (µm) | F (µm) | TL (µm) | BL (µm) | NI | KI | |
Infant (n=20) | 10.0±1.3† | 7.5±2.0† | 2.3±0.9† | 7.8±1.3† | 1.9±1.3 | 6.4±0.7† | 23.9±1.4† | 17.5±2.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
Rat (n=11) | NR‡ | 9.7±2.9§ | 4.2±2.8§ | 9.5±2.8§ | 2.7±3.4 | 7.8±4.5†§ | 31.8±6.4§ | NR | 1.4 | 1.4 |
T. evansi (n=60) | 8.0±0.3§ | 9.2±0.6†§ | 1.9±0.3† | 6.1±0.1† | 1.5±0.3 | 4.2±1.1§ | 21.0±0.6† | 16.7±0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
Parameters correspond to those described in Fig. 1.
For each parameter, values marked with different symbols differ (P<0.05) according to Tukey posthoc analysis.
Not reported (Natheewattana et al., 1973).