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Table 3 Number of worms examined for measurement per strain of BALB/c mice at different necropsy time.

From: The human parasite Loa loa in cytokine and cytokine receptor gene knock out BALB/c mice: survival, development and localization

Mice Strains

IFN-y KO

IFN-y/IL-5 DKO

IL-5 KO

IL-4R/IL-5 DKO

 

No. of mice dissected

No. of larvae used for measurement

No. of mice dissected

No. of larvae used for measurement

No. of mice dissected

No. of worms used for measurement

No. of mice dissected

No. of worms used for measurement

D2

5

34

3

39

5

31

1

48

D5

5

21

3

13

7

15

3

85

D10

4

30

3

24

5

28

3

40

D15

3

3

4

3

6

15

4

88

D20

4

2

3

8

5

13

4

26

D30

3

-

3

4

4

3

3

6

D40

3

-

2

3

5

3

3

26

D50

4

-

2

-

4

5

2

14

D60

3

-

 

-

3

-

2

9

D70

-

-

 

-

4

-

2

2

 

34

90

23

94

48

113

27

344