Table 2.
Nucleic Acid, Culture, and Serology Results
| Testing type and animal number | Week of observation |
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| 0a | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Cervical NAAT/tubal NAAT | S1 | −/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− |
| S2 | −/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | |
| S3 | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | −/− | |
| S4 | −/− | −/−− | +/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | |
| S5 | −/− | +/− | +/+ | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/+ | |
| S6 | −/− | +/− | −/− | +/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | |
| S7 | −/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/+ | |
| S8 | −/− | +/− | +/− | −/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | −/− | |
| Cervical cultureb | S1 | −− | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| S5 | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| S7 | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | |
| S8 | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| IgG/IgAc | S1 | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | −/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− |
| S3 | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | |
| S5 | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | |
| S7 | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | |
| S8 | −/− | −/− | −/− | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− | |
Animals S9 and S10 were control animals and had negative results.
Abbreviations: IgG/IgA, immunoglobulin G/A; NAAT, nucleic acid amplification tests.
a
Represents testing done prior to first inoculation.
b
Animals S2–S4 and S6 did not have a positive cervical culture result.
c
Animals S2, S4, and S6 did not seroconvert.