Table 2.

Results of a semi-quantitative faecal analysis in immunocompetent and dexamethasone-immunosuppressed marmosets during experimental strongyloidiasis

Primates		Untreated (uncomplicated strongyloidiasis)			Treated with dexamethasone (complicated strongyloidiasis)
		P1	P5	P7	P2	P6	P8
L3i	Number	100	100	300	100	100	300
	Source	H	M	M	H	M	M
Days post-infection
1 to 7		-	-	-	-	-	-
8 to 14		+	-	-	-	-	-
15 to 21		+	+	+	+	+*	+*
22 to 28		+ +	+	+ +	+ +*	+	+
29 to 35		+ +	+ +	+	+ +	+ +	+ + +
36 to 42		+	+ +	+	+	+ +	+ + +
43 to 49		+	+	++	+ + +	+ + +	+ +
50 to 56		+	+	+	+ + +	+ +	+ +
57 to 63		+	+	-	+ + +	+ + +	+ + +
64 to 70		+	+	-		+ +	+ + +
71 to 77		+	+	+		+ + +	+ +
78 to 84		+	+	+			+ +
85 to 91		+	+	-			+ +
92 to 98		+	+	-			+
99 to 105		+	-	-			+**

L3i = inoculated infective larvae.

H = human.

M = marmoset.

+, ++, +++ indicate low, moderate, and high numbers of larvae in the faeces, respectively, and - indicates a negative result.

*Course of dexamethasone treatment.

**Dead at 109 days post-infection.