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Table 2 Morphometrical analysis (μm2) to quantify amastigotes forms of Leishmania in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of asymptomatic and symptomatic naturally infected dogs with Leishmania infantum from Municipality of Ribeirão das Neves, Belo Horizonte Metropolitan area, Minas Gerais (MG) state, Brazil

From: Histopathological and parasitological study of the gastrointestinal tract of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum

Gastrintestinal fragments

Clinic status

(n = 20)

Statistical analysis

(Mann Whitney Test)

 

Asymtomatic

Symptomatic

(p < 0,05)

Stomach

0,21

0,15

0,9671

Duodenum

0,22

0,43

0,4029

Jejune

0,10

0,05

0,6474

Ileum

0,04

0,13

0,2443

Cecum

0,76

3,03

0,7725

Colon

0,41

4,73

0,1165