Table 1.

Parasitology data of mice vaccinated with pcDNA3.1(+)-SjTsp2, pcDNA3.1(+)-Sj29 and pcDNA3.1(+)-SjTsp2–29.

Group	Adult worms mean±SD	Worm reduction rate (%)	Liver eggs mean±SD	Liver eggs reduction rate (%)
NS	15.8±3.9		30942±4123
pcDNA3.1(+)	14.7±4.1	7.0	28131±3056	9.1
pcDNA3.1(+)-SjTsp2	10.2±3.1	35.4*	19305±1978	37.6*
pcDNA3.1(+)-Sj29	11±3.9	30.4*	21234±1927	31.4*
pcDNA3.1(+)-SjTsp2–29	7.4±2.1	53.2*#	15038±1801	51.4*#

All data are expressed as the means±the SEMs (n=10 for each group).

^*P<0.05 versus the corresponding NS or pcDNA3.1(+) group,

^#P<0.05 versus the corresponding pcDNA3.1(+)-SjTsp2 or pcDNA3.1(+)-Sj29 group.