Table 2. Effect of tpp gene silencing on viability of both adult male and female parasites of B. malayi was assessed by motility scoring and MTT reduction assay.

	Motility score (female worms)			% Inhibition in MTT reduction		Motility score (male worms)			% Inhibition in MTT reduction
Time	Control	Negative siRNA	Gene specific siRNA	Negative siRNA	Gene specific siRNA	Control	Negative siRNA	Gene specific siRNA	Negative siRNA	Gene specific siRNA
12	5	5	3	6.03±4.1	48.52±7.8	5	5	3	6.16±5.8	48.16±8.2
24	5	5	3	5.6±1.6	49.9±11.1	5	5	2	6.8±4.3	60.5±8.1
36	4	5	2	6.16±1.6	63.8±13.1	4	4	2	6.6±3.9	64.83±8.5
48	4	4	2	6.66±1.0	73.92±2.6	4	4	2	9.3±5.9	74.5±3.2
108 h	4	4	2	6.9±2.2	78.18±5.1	4	4	1	11.33±9.6	87.33±6.2

5 = 0% motility reduction, 1 to 25% reduction = 4, 26 to 49% reduction = 3, 50 to 74% reduction = 2; 75 to 99% reduction = 1, 100% = Death.