Research Article

Resistance to Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection Induced by a DNA Vaccine Expressing GRA16

Table 2

Splenocyte proliferative responses and flow cytometry analysis of T cell subclasses in spleen cells between the immunization and the controls.

GroupsSI (mean ± SD)CD3+CD4+CD8− (%)CD3+CD8+CD4− (%)

Blank control4.44 ± 0.784.17 ± 0.404.60 ± 0.95
PBS3.50 ± 0.465.27 ± 1.823.60 ± 0.98
pVAX I3.50 ± 0.513.43 ± 1.532.53 ± 1.74
pVAX-GRA16 5.53 ±  13.87 ±  6.13 ±  

SI stands for stimulation index; , .