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Fig. 5

From: Genital tract lesions in sexually mature Göttingen minipigs during the initial stages of experimental vaginal infection with Chlamydia trachomatis serovar D

Fig. 5

Expression of cox-2 and IL-8 by epithelial cells in the vagina. Numbers of cox-2 (a) and IL-8 (b) expressing cells/mm epithelium of the uninoculated histological control tissues, compared to inoculated experimental animals. Cut off: mean of controls +3SD. c Correlation of cox-2 and IL-8 expression by vaginal epithelial cells (Spearman). The colours mark the samples testing positive for Chlamydia by either q-PCR and IHC (orange), q-PCR alone (green) or IHC alone (red)

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