Table 1.

Blood counts of non-infected (NI) and orally T. cruzi infected (OI) mice.

	NI	7	14	21	28
WBC	6.6 ± 0.86	9.1 ± 0.41	7.3 ± 0.60	16 ± 2.1*	18 ± 1.4*
RBC	9.8 ± 0.27	11 ± 0.20	9.5 ± 0.21	9.1 ± 0.27	10 ± 0.46
HGB	14 ± 0.33	16 ± 0.35	14 ± 0.41	13 ± 0.45	13 ± 0.49
MCV	52 ± 0.97	52 ± 0.42	49 ± 0.47	53 ± 0.35	49 ± 0.69
HMT	51 ± 0.58	58 ± 1.1	47 ± 1.3	48 ± 1.6	49 ± 1.6
PLT	1195 ± 81.71	1313 ± 101.0	775.4 ± 62.54*	840.8 ± 83.74*	1282 ± 17.44

Blood cells were measured on the Poch 100- iV DIFF hematology analyzer. Values are presented as mean ± SEM for each group/day post-infection and are representative of two independent experiments. Results were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn's multiple comparisons test (

^*≠ NI and 0.0001 < p < 0.05. Significant differences not displayed in the graph: WBC: 7, 14 dpi ≠ 21, 28 dpi; RBC: 7 dpi ≠ 21 dpi; HGB: 7 dpi ≠ 21, 28 dpi; MCV: 14 dpi ≠ 21, 28 dpi; HMT: 7 dpi ≠ 14, 21 dpi. n = 5). HGB, total hemoglobin (g/dL); HMT, hematocrit; MCV, mean corpuscular volume (fL); PLT, number of platelets (10³ cells/μL); RBC, number of red blood cells (10⁶ cells/μL); WBC, number of white blood cells (10³ cells/μL).