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Figure 5

From: A murine macrofilaricide pre-clinical screening model for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis

Figure 5

Yields of female and male Onchocerca macrofilariae isolated from naturally infected cattle. A) Typical yield of excised O. ochengi onchocercomata from a parasitized cattle hide B) A pair of liberated, motile male O. ochengi worms + 4 h after disruption of onchocercoma (nodule) capsule and culture at 37°C/5%CO2. Scale bar =1°Cm. C) Relationship between numbers of onchocercomata recovered per cattle hide and number of motile male O. ochengi harvested. Dashed line is linear regression best fit. D) Recoveries of onchocercomata (closed plots) and male O. ochengi (open plots) per cattle hide (n = 29). Error bars are mean +/− SEM.

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