Table 4.

Presence or absence of adventitial layer features of ECs with and withoutFasciola hepaticacoinfection.

	Laminated layer disorganization		Necrosis between the laminated and adventitial layer
	Absence	Presence	Absence	Presence
Co-infected	24**	11**	13	22
Non-co-infected	61**	89**	39	111

	Calcifications		Host cells in the germinal layer
	Absence	Presence	Absence	Presence
Co-infected	30	5	26	9
Non-co-infected	108	42	102	48

	Giant multinucleated cells		Palisading macrophages
	Absence	Presence	Absence	Presence
Co-infected	2	33	7***	28***
Non-co-infected	13	137	4***	146***

	Lymphoid follicles		Eosinophils
	Absence	Presence	Absence	Presence
Co-infected	10***	25***	2	33
Non-co-infected	8***	142***	1	149

EC: Echinococcus cyst.

Statistical significance at p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001, Fisher’s exact test.