Figure 1. Effect of H. polygyrus infection on colitis symptoms; weight change expressed as a change in grams from day 1 (A), diarrhea score as an indicator of stool consistency (B), presence of blood in the feces (C).

BALB/c mice were treated with 5% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in drinking water for 3 days before oral infection with 300 of infective L3 larvae H. polygyrus until the end of the experiment. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA using MINITAB Software. Data are presented as the mean values ± SE.