Table 2.

Summary statistics on the effect of the addition of monkey kidney cells in various serum/protein supplemented basic media with regards to the mean values of T₉₀ of L. loa L3 and microfilariae

Medium	Serum/ Protein	Concentration (%)	Loa loa L3		Loa loa mf
			Mann-Whitney U	P-value	Mann-Whitney U	P-value
DMEM	No serum		32	0.0084	24	0.0139
	Albumax	0.5	16	0.0452	12	0.0471
		1	16	0.0476	35	0.0025
		1.5	21	0.0467	16	0.0286
	BSA	0.5	15	0.0167	12	0.0471
		1	19	0.0171	48	0.0006
		1.5	14	0.0462	32	0.0040
	FBS	5	6	0.5462	15	0.0357
		10	15	0.0167	24	0.0095
		15	12	0.0448	35	0.0025
	NCS	5	15	0.0167	6	0.0200
		10	22	0.0381	20	0.0159
		15	24	0.0095	20	0.0158
IMDM	No serum		25	0.4945	56	0.0003
	Albumax	0.5	20.5	0.7479	54	0.0004
		1	36	0.0137	80	0.0004
		1.5	21.5	0.9999	70	0.0001
	BSA	0.5	14.5	0.6303	36	0.0069
		1	32	0.0345	96	0.0002
		1.5	25	0.9497	96	0.0002
	FBS	5	26	0.024	18	0.0257
		10	12	0.1419	91	0.0003
		15	11	0.1079	72	0.0490
	NCS	5	31	0.0411	54	0.0004
		10	38	0.0813	96	< 0.0001
		15	31	0.0414	96	< 0.0001
RPMI	No serum		26	0.0109	98	0.0003
	Albumax	0.5	14	0.2413	32.5	0.3170
		1	20	0.1087	83	0.0685
		1.5	10	0.7483	86	0.1764
	BSA	0.5	6	0.9999	40	0.002
		1	9	0.4000	77	< 0.0001
		1.5	17	0.0111	77	0.0006
	FBS	5	15	0.3571	35	0.0057
		10	16	0.2857	56	< 0.0001
		15	16	0.1905	91	0.0004
	NCS	5	6.5	0.9999	29	0.0282
		10	9	0.4000	88	0.0003
		15	13	0.2000	88	0.0003