Table 2.
Group | Parasitemia* | Parasite suppression (%) | Weight (g)*
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Art-free | 1.9±0.7a | 58.2 | 28.0±3.2 | 26.0±1.3 | >0.05 | 34.5±1.0 | 36.8±1.0 | <0.05 |
Art-PLGA | 1.7±0.1a | 62.6 | 28.2±2.7 | 29.2±1.7 | >0.05 | 33.7±0.4 | 36.2±0.9 | <0.05 |
Control | 4.5±0.6b | 24.2±3.2 | 23.2±1.2 | >0.05 | 36.1±0.5 | 36.3±1.0 | >0.05 |
Similar superscript letters in the same column denote no significant difference while different letters denote a significant difference. Parasitemia denotes mean of parasite counts in 5 mice representing each experimental group.
Data are expressed as mean±SD (n=5)