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Table 1 Effects of different concentrations of gold nanoparticles on proliferation of Heterosporis saurida and infectivity of the recovered spores in EK-1 cell cultures

From: In vitro antimicrosporidial activity of gold nanoparticles against Heterosporis saurida

Concentration of gold nanoparticles

Mean count of H. saurida spores

Mean percent inhibition on day 7

Cell viability (%)

Mean numbers of H. saurida spore (infected cells/10 fields)

0.01 μg/ml

303 ± 12.3

28.4

89.6 ± 1.7

9

0.1 μg/ml

133 ± 7.1

68.6

70.9 ± 2.2

5

1 μg/ml

104 ± 6.7

75.5

69.8 ± 1.3

3

Non-treated control cells

423 ± 15.4

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