Figure 3.

Iron levels in the sera of C57BL/6 T. gondii-infected mice treated with an iron chelator or iron supplemented. Iron serum levels of C57BL/6 mice non-infected (Ni) or infected with 20 cysts of ME-49 strain of T. gondii by the oral route and treated with vehicle (PBS, phosphate buffered saline) or 300 mg/kg deferoxamine (DFO) or 100 mg/kg of ferrous sulfate heptahydrate (FeSO₄) intraperitoneally (i.p.) one day before infection and for an additional seven days post-infection. Data were analyzed by Kruskal Wallis followed by Dunn’s post-test.