Table 2.

Mean (±SE) number of uneaten Hymenolepis diminuta eggs and cysticercoids developed in Tenebrio molitor for nylon, starvation, wounding, and control group after exposed with two different doses of H. diminuta eggs (low dose and high dose). The nylon group refers to the insertion of a 2 mm nylon filament into the body cavity. Starvation refers to deprivation of food for 10 days, while the wounding group served to test the effect of the injury on the abdomen without the insertion of the nylon filament. The control group received ad libitum food and did not receive any treatment. Different symbols/letters (*, #, a, A) within each row represent statistical significance (α = 0.05). No difference on prevalence % of infection (x² = 3.85, df = 3, p = 0.277 for low dose and x² = 3.94, df = 3,p = 0.266 for high dose).

	Nylon	Starved	Wounding	Control
Low dose (79 ± 1.86)
Uneaten eggs	13 ± 3.03 *	5 ± 0.97 **	11 ± 2.02 *	11 ± 2.62 *
Cysticercoids	2 ± 0.58 a	0.88 ± 0.25 b	0.76 ± 0.2 b	1.05 ± 0.23 a,b
Prevalence % of infection	59	40	44	57
High dose (199 ± 3.29)
Uneaten eggs	19 ± 3.92 #	4 ± 0.83 ##	16 ± 3.57 #	14 ± 1.58 #
Cysticercoids	11.73 ± 1.47 A	7.04 ± 1.03 B	10.8 ± 1.69 A, B	10.51 ± 1.21 A
Prevalence % of infection	100	90	86	91