Table 2.
Evaluation of the white blood cells with differential absolute leukocyte count at the beginning and end of the experimental period.
| NI_S_AP | NI_Epo_AP | I_S_AP | I_Epo_AP | NI_S_CP | NI_Epo_CP | I_S_CP | I_Epo_CP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC (x103/mm3) | d0 | 10.50 ± 1.84A | 4.95 ± 1.21A | 11.90 ± 2.10A | 6.54 ± 1.53A | 4.30 ± 1.14 | 4.34 ± 1.09A | 3.76 ± 0.44A | 5.09 ± 2.61A |
| d180 | 2.08 ± 0.81Ba | 5.75 ± 1.20Aab | 6.02 ± 1.60Bb | 6.24 ± 1.96Ab | 2.69 ± 1.14a | 2.66 ± 0.47Ba | 6.87 ± 3.07Bb | 7.52 ± 0.68Ab | |
| Lymphocytes (x103/mm3) | d0 | 8.81 ± 1.30A | 4.04 ± 1.03A | 9.75 ± 1.58A | 5.65 ± 1.38A | 3.62 ± 1.06A | 3.70 ± 0.93A | 2.87 ± 0.30A | 4.09 ± 2.08A |
| d180 | 1.64 ± 0.73Ba | 4.99 ± 1.16Abc | 3.87 ± 1.98Bab | 5.12 ± 1.79Ac | 2.05 ± 0.94Bab | 1.97 ± 0.48Bab | 2.76#Aab | 6.03 ± 0.84Ac | |
| Monocytes (x103/mm3) | d0 | 0.32 ± 0.16A | 0.13 ± 0.06A | 0.41 ± 0.43A | 0.19 ± 0.13A | 0.10 ± 0.09A | 0.15 ± 0.12A | 0.12 ± 0.06A | 0.13 ± 0.07A |
| d180 | 0.24 ± 0.24A | 0.16 ± 0.15A | 0.84 ± 0.11A | 0.51 ± 0.15B | 0.26 ± 0.32A | 0.15 ± 0.48A | 0.24#A | 0.54 ± 0.22B | |
| Segmented neutrophils (x103/mm3) | d0 | 1.33 ± 0.67Abc | 0.74 ± 0.23Aab | 2.19 ± 0.74Ac | 0.63 ± 0.33Aab | 0.55 ± 0.07Aab | 0.46 ± 0.09Aa | 0.63 ± 0.20Aab | 0.82 ± 0.57Aab |
| d180 | 0.24 ± 0.11B | 0.61 ± 0.11A | 1.14 ± 0.96A | 0.55 ± 0.10A | 0.35 ± 0.20A | 0.54 ± 0.24A | 0.60#A | 0.90 ± 0.35A | |
| Eosinophils (x103/mm3) | d0 | 0.04 ± 0.06A | 0.04 ± 0.04A | 0.00 ± 0.00A | 0.07 ± 0.07A | 0.03 ± 0.03A | 0.03 ± 0.02A | 0.01 ± 0.02A | 0.02 ± 0.04A |
| d180 | 0.03 ± 0.03A | 0.00 ± 0.00A | 0.54 ± 0.99A | 0.06 ± 0.06A | 0.03 ± 0.03A | 0.00 ± 0.00B | 0.00 ± 0.00A | 0.05 ± 0.04A |
Values are means ± standard deviation.
Different uppercase letters in the same column within the variable are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).
Different lower-case letters in the same row are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).
#Value of just one mouse.
WBC: white blood cells. d0: the beginning of the study. d180: end of the trial. NI_S_AP: uninfected and treated with saline between d1 and d30. NI_Epo_AP: uninfected and treated with erythropoietin (Epo) between d1 and d30. I_S_AP: infected with T. cruzi and treated with saline in the acute phase (d1 to d30). I_Epo_AP: infected and treated with Epo in the acute phase. NI_S_CP: uninfected and treated with saline between d90 and d120. NI_Epo_CP: uninfected and treated with Epo between d90 and d120. I_S_CP: infected with T. cruzi and treated with saline in the chronic phase (d90 to d120). I_Epo_CP: infected and treated with Epo in the chronic phase.