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Table 3 Brain cyst burden in injected mice after infection with cyst of PRU strain

From: Protection via a ROM4 DNA vaccine and peptide against Toxoplasma gondii in BALB/c mice

Challenged groupa

Brain cysts per mouse (mean ± SD) b

PBS

1283 ± 193

pEGFP-C1

1251 ± 199

pSAG1

812 ± 92*

pROM4

761 ± 102*

peptide

827 ± 100*

pROM4/peptide

551 ± 89*# &

  1. a Ten mice from each group were challenged intragastrically by 20 cysts 2 weeks after the last immunization
  2. b The mean number of cysts of each group was obtained from every mice brain cysts in the group
  3. * P < 0.05, as compared with PBS or pEGFP-C1; # P < 0.05, as compared with ROM4 or peptide; & P < 0.05, as compared with pSAG1. All samples were performed four times