Fig. 6.
Worm and tissue egg burden. (a) Worm numbers per hamster (p = 0.14) (b) Egg burden per gram of liver (p = 0.7503) and (c) egg burden per gram of intestine (p = 0.9846) are shown for hamster in the CpG ODN control group and experimental group (Sm-p80 DNA + rSm-p80). Each hamster was challenged with 200 S. haematobium cercariae. Worm burden and tissue egg load determined 12 weeks following Schistosoma haematobium cercarial challenge. ns represents not significant.