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Morphometric measurements and nuclei counts between the cephalic space and nerve ring of the Thai and Myanmar strains of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae |
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| Wuchereria bancrofti strains** |
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| Parameters* |
Thai (nocturnally subperiodic) |
Myanmar (nocturnally periodic) |
t, (p) |
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| Measurements (μm) |
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| Body length |
299.20 ± 11.87 (270–324) |
286.92 ± 9.42 (255–310) |
8.879, (0.000***) |
| Cephalic space length |
5.47 ± 0.68 (4–7) |
5.20 ± 0.71 (4–7) |
-2.945, (0.004***) |
| Head to nerve ring length |
56.81 ± 5.33 (34–72) |
56.24 ± 3.26 (48–67) |
0.994, (0.321) |
| Innenkorper length |
42.62 ± 5.79 (32–64) |
42.67 ± 5.09 (32–60) |
-0.710, (0.943) |
| Cephalic space width |
5.91 ± 0.53 (4–8) |
5.62 ± 0.57 (4–7) |
-4.097, (0.000***) |
| Body width at nerve ring |
6.32 ± 0.52 (6–8) |
6.30 ± 0.69 (5–9) |
0.211, (0.833) |
| Count |
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| Number of nuclei between cephalic space and nerve ring |
89.52 ± 6.37 (72–103) |
88.51 ± 8.29 (66–101) |
-1.100, (2.72) |
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* Measurements and count: mean ± SD. Range in parentheses. ** Thirty samples from each patient, total 120 samples per strain. *** Statistically significant difference at p < 0.05 | |||
Nuchprayoon et al. Filaria Journal 2007 6:6 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-6-6 |
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