Figure 4. M. tuberculosis infection has no consistent impact on L. sigmodontis worm burden.
A, total number of L. sigmodontis adult worms recovered from the pleural space and B, number of microfilaria per µl of peripheral blood of cotton rats that were infected with L. sigmodontis (L.s.) and M. tuberculosis (MTB) or L. sigmodontis alone (20 weeks post L. sigmodontis infection) from the first experiment. C, total number of L. sigmodontis adult worms recovered from the pleural space of the repeat experiment. Statistical significance was analyzed by the Mann-Whitney-U-test.