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Table 2 The mean number of embryos at each embryonic stage of development, the total number of embryos in each stage, the number of those embryos infected with Babesia microti, and the infection prevalence of mouse embryos for each stage of embryonic development is presented

From: Transplacental transmission of tick-borne Babesia microti in its natural host Peromyscus leucopus

 

Mean no. embryos

No. embryos

No. infected

% infected

MCN

Week 1

3.4

24

22

91.67

2.55

Week 2

4.8

24

21

87.50

2.50

Week 3

5.1

41

23

56.10

1.64

Total

4.5

89

66

74.16

2.22

  1. See Additional file 1: Table S1 for detailed information of each individual female