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Table 7 Biweekly microfilariae counts in dogs following inoculation with 40 infective L3 larvae

From: Cryogenic preservation of Dirofilaria immitis microfilariae, reactivation and completion of the life-cycle in the mosquito and vertebrate hosts

Treatment

Animal ID

Microfilariae counts at specific time points (weeks post-inoculation)

24

26

28

30

36

T01—FCmf

2540003

0

24

47

370

4000

2420440

0

0

0

11

0

Average

0

12.0

23.5

190.5

2000

T02—CPmf

2432880

0

7

54

220

10,000

2418950

0

15

88

450

15,000

Average

0

11.0

71.0

335.0

12,500

P-value T01:T02 (two-tailed Student’s t-test)

0.6690

0.3575

0.4686

0.3323

  1. Counts were not collected for Week 32 or 34