Correlations between hydrosalpinx scores and lower genital tract shedding following C. muridarum infection.

The hydrosalpinx scores from mice infected with C. muridarum via either intravaginal (from figure 1 above) or intrauterine (from figure 4) infections as indicated in the left column was analyzed against the corresponding infection status as shown in the top rows. The infection status was expressed as inclusion-forming units (IFUs) on different days after infection or days required for clearing infection (Days to clear) or areas under the corresponding live organism shedding curves (Filled area, last column). The correlation was analyzed either between different strains (11 strains) or within a given strain (C3H/HeJ or C57BL/6J) of mice as indicated in the 2nd column from the left and the results were expressed as Spearman's correlation (*, top) and P value (#, bottom in parentheses) calculated using two-tailed Student t test. Note that there was no significant correlation between the hydrosalpinx scores and infection status regardless of the types of analyses. na = not analyzed.*Spearman's correlation; #p value (Two-tailed Student t test); na = not analyzed.