Molecular characterization and immune protection of the 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene in Echinococcus granulosus

Table 1 Worm burden for dogs

Experimental group	Dog no.	Number of worms	Reduction (%)^a
Phosphate bufered saline (control) group	1	2400
	2	3000
	3	27,000
Average		14,400	–
Quil A adjuvant-only group	4	13,000
	5	3200
	6	3800
Average		6666	–
rEgHCDH + Quil A adjuvant griyo	7	3600
	8	133
	9	1800
Average		1844	87.2
P value^b			0.400

P value < 0.05 means that the reduction between the PBS and experimental groups was signficant according to analysis of median values
Mann–Whitney U-test: U = 2.000, Z = −1.091, P = 0.400
^aReduction % = (PBS control group average − experimental group average)/(PBS control group average) × 100
^bThe Mann–Whitney U-test was used to compare the worm burden median

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