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. 2018 Aug 16;19(8):2426. doi: 10.3390/ijms19082426

Table 1.

Parasitologic and antibody data for vaccinated and control mice challenged with 34 ± 1 Schistosoma japonicum cercariae.

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)
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.