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Table 1 Total numbers of parasites at each blood stage

From: Plasmodium berghei Brca2 is required for normal development and differentiation in mice and mosquitoes

 

WT

PbBrca2-KO1

PbBrca2-KO3

Ring

243 (60.75 ± 21.23)

357 (71.4 ± 15.82)

**

â–²

264 (52.8 ± 24.67)

**

â–²

Trophozoite

104 (26 ± 6.98)

34 (6.8 ± 2.68)

**

â–½

63 (12.6 ± 10.92)

**

â–½

Schizont

40 (10 ± 0)

50 (10 ± 0)

N.S.

50 (10 ± 0)

N.S.

Gametocyte

65 (16.25 ± 4.27)

44 (8.8 ± 6.46)

*

â–½

29 (5.8 ± 4.67)

**

â–½

  1. Counts for each blood stage were compared between wild type (WT) (n = 4) and Plasmodium berghei (Pb) breast cancer susceptibility protein 2 (PbBrca2)-knockout 1 (KO1) (n = 5) or -KO2 (n = 5) parasite-infected mice. Numbers in parentheses indicate the mean ± SD. Black triangles indicate a significant increase in the count at that stage compared to that of WT, white triangles indicate a significant decrease in the count at that stage compared to that of WT. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, N.S. non-significant (vs. WT parasites, compared using χ2-test)