Table 3.
Serum lysozyme (µg/ml) activity and nitric oxide values (µmol/ml) of mice vaccinated with different vaccine formulations
Parameter | Groups | |||||
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Time post 2nd vaccination | G1 (control) | G2 (RVFV-CNP) | G3 (RVFV-CS) | G4 (RVFV-Alum) | G5 (RVFV-Ag) | |
Lysozyme (µg/ml) | 3rd day | 177 ± 3.61b | 227 ± 9.71a | 222 ± 11.34a | 175 ± 5.86b | 192 ± 5.64b |
7th day | 170 ± 4.3bb | 245 ± 9.57a | 210 ± 17.29a | 163 ± 6.45b | 182 ± 3.62b | |
Nitric oxide (µmol/ml) | 3rd day | 8.10 ± 0.86b | 12.17 ± 0.28ab | 11.73 ± 0.94b | 15.21 ± 0.98a | 8.35 ± 1.37b |
7th day | 7.36 ± 0.22b | 11.47 ± 0.63ab | 10.13 ± 0.78ab | 12.49 ± 0.51a | 7.87 ± 0.99b |
Data are presented as the mean ± standard error (n = 6). Mean with different superscript small letters indicate significantly different in the same row (between groups) (P < 0.05)