Table 1 Parasitaemias of Plasmodium berghei ANKA-infected C57BL/6 mice, as % of parasitized red blood cell.
From: Malaria and obesity: obese mice are resistant to cerebral malaria
Number of sporozoites per mouse | Day of infection | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 50,000 | Number of mice | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
ob/+ | Mean parasitaemia | 0.000 | 0.011 | 0.221 | 1.61 | 3.01 | 2.83 | 3.42 | 7.37 | 32.4 | 39.9 | |
Standard deviation | -- | 0.006 | 0.109 | 0.29 | 1.07 | 1.38 | 0.44 | 3.09 | 21.2 | 7.8 | ||
Obese | 50,000 | Number of mice | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
ob/ob | Mean parasitaemia | 0.000 | 0.014 | 0.110 | 1.57 | 3.34 | 3.83 | 4.81 | 4.83 | 11.2 | 18.3 | |
Standard deviation | -- | 0.009 | 0.113 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.94 | 1.35 | 1.16 | 6.07 | 5.78 | ||
Obese | 100,000 | Number of mice | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
ob/ob | Mean parasitaemia | 0.000 | 0.027 | 0.321 | 1.96 | 3.94 | 4.61 | 3.81 | 4.16 | 10.8 | 23.9 | |
Standard deviation | -- | 0.025 | 0.155 | 0.51 | 0.96 | 0.85 | 1.35 | 0.28 | 6.12 | 5.11 |