Table 1

Trypanosome infection prevalence in G. m. morsitans after immune activation with Bacteria, Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Sterile Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)

Inoculation
Pooled N
Prevalence (Std.error)
χ2 analysis1

Control
145
49.7% (5.0)
-
E. coli
99
11.1% (5.1)
P < 0.0001
LPS
152
27.0% (2.5)
P < 0.0001
PBS
106
50.0% (9.6)
P = 0.94

Note. Numbers represent pooled samples from replicates for each treatment. The infection prevalence in the control groups served as the expected data against which other groups were tested.

Aksoy et al. Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease 2002 1:4   doi:10.1186/1475-9292-1-4

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