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Table 2 Results of a semi-quantitative faecal analysis in immunocompetent and dexamethasone-immunosuppressed marmosets during experimental strongyloidiasis

From: Strongyloides stercoralis infection in marmosets: replication of complicated and uncomplicated human disease and parasite biology

Primates

Untreated (uncomplicated strongyloidiasis)

Treated with dexamethasone (complicated strongyloidiasis)

P1

P5

P7

P2

P6

P8

L3i

Number

100

100

300

100

100

300

 

Source

H

M

M

H

M

M

Days post-infection

      

1 to 7

-

-

-

-

-

-

8 to 14

+

-

-

-

-

-

15 to 21

+

+

+

+

+*

+*

22 to 28

+ +

+

+ +

+ +*

+

+

29 to 35

+ +

+ +

+

+ +

+ +

+ + +

36 to 42

+

+ +

+

+

+ +

+ + +

43 to 49

+

+

++

+ + +

+ + +

+ +

50 to 56

+

+

+

+ + +

+ +

+ +

57 to 63

+

+

-

+ + +

+ + +

+ + +

64 to 70

+

+

-

 

+ +

+ + +

71 to 77

+

+

+

 

+ + +

+ +

78 to 84

+

+

+

  

+ +

85 to 91

+

+

-

  

+ +

92 to 98

+

+

-

  

+

99 to 105

+

-

-

  

+**

  1. L3i = inoculated infective larvae.
  2. H = human.
  3. M = marmoset.
  4. +, ++, +++ indicate low, moderate, and high numbers of larvae in the faeces, respectively, and - indicates a negative result.
  5. *Course of dexamethasone treatment.
  6. **Dead at 109 days post-infection.