extremely significantp <0.0001
Time to egress statistics were calculated for the RAP-treated parasites (mean 10.5 min, SD 5.6 min) and for the control parasites (mean 18.8 min, SD 3.2 min), with a two-tailed unpaired t -test revealing the difference to be extremely significant (t = 7.2297, d.f. = 77, p <0.0001).