Experimental Evaluation of the Pathogenicity of Different Strains of Schistosoma mansoni

Table 7

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

S.mansoni; strain	Number of eggs	Egg (mean)				Duncan’s test*
		Length/width	Length/Spicule	Width/spicule
SD	23	2.45			A
BH	31	2.41			A
SJ	31	2.38			A
SD	23		7.63		A
BH	31		6.93		A
SJ	31		6.87		A
SD	23			3.16	A
SJ	31			2.89	A	B
BH	31			2.80		B

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