Table 1

Parasitaemias of Plasmodium berghei ANKA-infected C57BL/6 mice, as % of parasitized red blood cell.

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

Results of the first experimental series of infection, comparing the doses of injected sporozoites.

Robert et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:81   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-81