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. 2014 Aug;82(8):3333–3340. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01536-14

TABLE 1.

Summary of mouse trialsa

Trial Objective Strain Trial duration (wk) No. of animals Time point of sampling p.i.b Data analyzedc
1 Intestinal immune response C57BL/6 3 15 infected mice and 5 negative controls Wk 1, 2, and 3 Cyst excretion and intestinal cytokine levels
2 Early intestinal immune response C57BL/6 1 35 infected mice and 14 negative controls Daily, starting day 1 p.i. until day 7 p.i. Intestinal cytokine levels
3 Effect of IL17A on the intestinal immune response C57BL/6 IL17RA-KO 3 5 infected IL17RA KO mice and 5 infected controls NA Cyst excretion
4 Effect of PPARα deletion on the intestinal immune response C57BL/6 PPARα KO 3 5 infected PPARα KO mice and 5 infected controls NA Cyst excretion
a

All trials or experiments were done with 6-week-old female mice.

b

Samples were taken from the small intestine for subsequent qRT-PCR analysis of the main cytokines. NA, not available.

c

Cyst counts of feces were performed daily for each animal.