Table 1.
Group | Immunoglobulin | Number Adult Worms Mean ± S.E. | Mean Length of Adult Worms (mm) Mean ± S.E. % Reduction (p Value) | Liver Eggs/g Mean ± S.E. % Reduction (p Value) | Liver Granuloma Density (%) Mean ± S.E. % Reduction (p Value) | Intestinal eggs/g Mean ± S.E. % Reduction (p Value) | Maturity of Intestinal Eggs in Stage V (%) Mean ± S.E. % Decrease (p Value) | Faecal Eggs/g/F Mean ± S.E. % Reduction (p Value) | |||||
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Before Challenge | Before Perfusion | Stage I | Stage II | Stage III | Stage IV | Stage V | |||||||
Control | IgG, IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2c. and IgG3 1:50 |
- | (F) 5.9 ± 0.7 | (F) 10.4 ± 0.2 | 41,886 ± 6001 | 30 ± 3.9 | 64,483 ± 9998 | 3.4 ± 1.8 | 15.6 ± 3 | 27.7 ± 2 | 31.6 ± 2 | 21.6 ± 2 | 1398 ± 474 |
(M) 8.5 ± 0.8 | (M) 6.6 ± 0.2 | ||||||||||||
rSjAChE | IgG 1:819,200 IgG1 1:409,600 IgG2a 1:819,200 IgG2b 1:409,600 IgG2c 1:12,800 IgG3 1:6400 |
- | (F) 5.3 ± 1.05 | (F) 9.8 ± 0.17 | 38,335 ± 7280 | 17.8 ± 2 41% ** p = 0.009 |
61,724 ± 12,008 | 9.8 ± 3.3 | 25 ± 3.7 | 34 ± 2.6 | 25 ± 0.9 ↓21% * p = 0.02 |
5.8 ± 0.8 ↓73% *** p = 0.00006 |
1039 ± 480 25.6% ns p = 0.77 |
(M) 5.8±0.9 32% * p = 0.03 |
(M) 6.8 ± 0.19 |
Note: F, female worm; M, male worm; n, the number of mice per group that survived the trial and were necropsied; ns, not significant. * = p value ≤ 0.05, ** = p value ≤ 0.001, *** = p value ≤ 0.0001.