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Table 4 P-values resulting from statistical comparison of larval distribution between organs within infection groups

From: Neurotoxocarosis: marked preference of Toxocara canis for the cerebrum and T. cati for the cerebellum in the paratenic model host mouse

 

Infection group

Day pi

  

2

7

14

21

28

35

42

98

Brain vs. lungs

T. cati Balb/c

0.0550

0.3699

0.0323*

0.0209*

0.3632

0.1782

<.0001*

0.0036*

T. cati B6

0.0008*

0.3945

0.0749

0.4868

0.2467

0.9724

0.0012*

0.0001*

T. canis B6

0.0434*

0.0179*

<.0001*

<.0001*

0.0107*

0.0015*

<.0001*

<.0001*

Brain vs. liver

T. cati Balb/c

0.3669

0.5658

0.1847

0.0891

n.a.

0.1782

0.0008*

0.0082*

T. cati B6

0.0001*

0.0520

0.7520

0.0039*

0.2179

0.3632

0.0344*

<.0001*

T. canis B6

<.0001*

0.0271*

0.0007*

0.0004*

0.0211*

<.0001*

<.0001*

<.0001*

Brain vs. muscle

T. cati Balb/c

0.009*

0.0333*

0.001*

<.0001*

<.0001*

0.0015*

0.0002*

0.0013*

T. cati B6

0.0002*

0.0020*

<.0001*

0.0002*

0.0002*

0.0005*

<.0001*

<.0001*

T. canis B6

0.2754

0.7050

0.0017*

0.0016*

0.0119*

0.5447

0.3359

0.7466

Cerebrum vs. cerebellum

T. cati Balb/c

0.4956

0.0264*

0.0355*

0.7864

0.3632

n.a.

0.0403*

0.0903

T. cati B6

0.4063

0.0454*

0.0705

0.1195

0.6109

0.3632

0.8607

0.0033*

T. canis B6

1.0000

0.0154*

0.2918

0.0040*

0.0003*

0.0465*

0.0441*

0.0136*

Left vs. right hemisphere

T. cati Balb/c

0.3610

0.2636

0.5224

0.9766

0.3632

1.0000

0.1424

0.7825

T. cati B6

0.4063

0.9585

0.1787

0.9075

0.6109

n.a.

0.2565

0.4993

T. canis B6

0.1747

0.7284

0.1622

0.3854

0.6336

0.7935

0.4490

0.9738

  1. Comparison of larval distribution between single organs at a given day pi for each infection group. P-values were calculated using LSD post hoc tests.
  2. *: statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05).
  3. n.a.: not applicable (too low larvae numbers for reliable comparison).