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Table 1 Peripheral blood cells of P. berghei NK65-NY and/or A. suum-infected C57BL/6J mice at the 7 dpi

From: Concomitant experimental coinfection by Plasmodium berghei NK65-NY and Ascaris suum downregulates the Ascaris-specific immune response and potentiates Ascaris-associated lung pathology

 

Experimental groups

Ni

Mean ± SD

Pb

Mean ± SD

As

Mean ± SD

PbAs

Mean ± SD

Total leukocytes (× 103/μL)

4.67 ± 1.43

10.92 ± 9.26

4.18 ± 1.45

18.75 ± 2.80a,b,c

Lymphocyte (× 103/μL)

4,09 ± 1,27 (85–91%)

9.06 ± 7.53 (80–88%)

2.66 ± 1.14b

(52–77%)

14.39 ± 1.87a,b,c

(71–83%)

Monocyte (× 103/μL)

0.20 ± 0.16

(2–6%)

1.06 ± 1.0

(1–11%)

0.26 ± 0.18

(2–10%)

1.11 ± 0.48a,b,c

(4–8%)

Neutrophil (× 103/μL)

0.36 ± 0.17

(5–11%)

0.79 ± 0.17

(6–14%)

1.21 ± 0.50 (20–40%)

3.22 ± 1.42a,b,c

(11–23%)

Eosinophil (× 103/μL)

0.01 ± 0.01

(0–1%)

0.00 ± 0.00

(0–1%)

0.06 ± 0.05a,b

(1–3%)

0.03 ± 0.01c

(0–1%)

Erythrocyte (× 106/μL)

8.47 ± 0.60

7.47 ± 0.92

8.81 ± 2.74a,b

7.06 ± 0.65a,c

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

16.18 ± 1.10

14.17 ± 1.72

16.87 ± 5.05a,b

13.90 ± 1.15a,c

Platelet (× 103/μL)

320 ± 133

111 ± 37a

538 ± 90a,b

274 ± 114b,c

  1. One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparisons test were used to assess differences between groups. Results are presented as mean ± SD and significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) among the groups are represented by (a) NI group, (b) Pb group and (c) As group. (n = 6 for all groups)