TABLE III. Mean of biological parameters evaluated in mice infected and treated in the acute phase (TAP) and infected not treated (INT) during the acute phase with strains of Trypanosoma cruzi isolated from children.
| Patent period | Maximum peak of parasitaemia | Day of maximum peak of parasitaemia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. cruzi strains | TAP/INT | p | TAP | p | TAP x INT | p | ||
| 501 | 0 ± 0/25 ± 4.0 | 0.002 | 0 ± 0/122.5 ± 43.4 | 0.002 | 0 ± 0/21 ± 3.5 | 0.000 | ||
| 795 | 0.28 ± 0.2/34.5 ± 3.5 | 0.007 | 1.42 ± 0.9/68.6 ± 17.1 | 0.000 | 2.85 ± 1.8/21.5 ± 2.4 | 0.013 | ||
| 806 | 8 ± 0.9/20.2 ± 1.8 | 0.000 | 447 ± 93.5/840.9 ± 364.4 | 0.645a | 10 ± 0/15.75 ± 2.2 | 0.009 | ||
| 817 | 8 ± 0.7/26.25 ± 3.1 | 0.000 | 29.9 ± 4.6/238.2 ± 84.6 | 0.027 | 12.75 ± 0.5/23.5 ± 0.8 | 0.000 | ||
| 829 | 0 ± 0/3.3 ± 1.1 | 0.009 | 0 ± 0/ 5.5 ± 1.4 | 0.009 | 0 ± 0/18 ± 4.1 | 0.008 | ||
| 855 | 3.5 ± 1.3/21.5 ± 3.8 | 0.000 | 10 ± 3.5/98.1 ± 31.7 | 0.015 | 8.5 ± 2.6/18.2 ± 0.8 | 0.002 | ||
| 1661 | 7.25 ± 1.4/27.2 ± 1.2 | 0.000 | 31 ± 5.1/471.7 ± 96.8 | 0.000 | 24 ± 9.0/17.7 ± 0.8 | 0.100a | ||
| 2405 | 0.25 ± 0.2/23.25 ± 5.8 | 0.003 | 1 ± 0.6/58 ± 16.7 | 0.003 | 4 ± 2.6/26.25 ± 4.9 | 0.003 | ||
a: no significant difference.