Fig. 5.

Schistosomes without an esophageal gland survive in hosts lacking an adaptive immune response. (A) Recovery of worms from control and immunodeficient mice >3 wk after transplantation. Each dot represents one host mouse (SI Appendix, Table S1). Mean ± SD. Statistical analysis: one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (B, Top) Length of parasites recovered >3 wk posttransplantation. Each dot represents an individual worm (SI Appendix, Table S2). Worms were collected from five or more mice for each condition. Mean ± SD. (Middle) Representative livers of infected mice from each group. The numbers indicate how many livers display the respective phenotype. (Bottom) Table showing the statistical significance of comparisons to control RNAi male or female counterparts. Statistical analysis: one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple-comparison test.