Experimental Evaluation of the Pathogenicity of Different Strains of Schistosoma mansoni

Table 6

S. mansoni egg measurements from the BH, SJ, and SD strains.

S. mansoni  strain	Number of eggs	Egg (mean) 𝜇m			Duncan’s test*
		Length	Width	Spicule
SD	23	155.60			A
SJ	31	141.11			B
BH	31	139.34			B
SD	23		64.63		A
SJ	31		59.37		B
BH	31		56.89		C
BH	31			21.22	A
SJ	31			21.09	A
SD	23			20.85	A

*Means followed by same letter do not differ significantly from each other (α = 0.05).