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. 2014 Apr 11;24(7):602–618. doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwu029

Table III.

In vitro schistosomula lysis

PI staining
Gross anatomy observation
Total no. of somules (48 h) Total no. of dead somules % dead Total no. of somules (48 h) Total no. of dead somules % dead
Rhesus sera
 Pre-bleed 150 2 1.3 150 1 0.7
 5 week infected 120 1 0.8 120 2 1.7
 8 week infected 139 130 93.5 139 132 95
 11 week infected 135 135 100 135 135 100
 78 week infected 125 1 0.8 125 2 1.6
Human sera
 Normal 120 0 0 120 1 0.8
 Infected, before treatment 122 3 2.5 122 5 4
 Infected, after treatment 125 3 2.4 125 4 3.2
 Pooled infected 120 1 0.8 120 4 3.3
Mouse sera
 Normal 159 1 0.6 159 2 1.3
 8 week infected 109 79 72.5 109 70 64.2
 Media alone 150 0 0 150 1 0.7

Data are an average of three independent fields in one experiment, and are representative of two replicate experiments.