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. 2013 May 16;7(5):e2219. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002219

Figure 6. Microsphere binding characteristics to S. mansoni and S. japonicum eggs.

Figure 6

Panel A shows the fraction of eggs that had at least one microsphere bound at an egg to microsphere ratio of 1∶100. Panel B shows the distribution of the number of microspheres bound to eggs of the two parasite species at an egg to microsphere ratio of 1∶100. Panels C and D show the same data for an egg to parasite ratio of 1∶500. For both ratios S. japonicum eggs spontaneously conjugated with microspheres at a significantly higher frequency than S. mansoni eggs. Similarly, the average number of microspheres per individual egg was considerably higher for S. japonicum than for S. mansoni (Panels B and D).