Table III.

Results of vaginal cultures and fertility studies.

Experimental groups	# of mice shed/ Total # mice (% +)	Total # IFU shed/mouse median (range)	Length of shedding Median days (range)	# of fertile mice/ Total # mice (% +)	mouse (mean ± 1SD)
nMOMP/Z3-14	12/15a (80)	147,031c,d,e (<2–1,921,070)	21d,e (4–35)	12/15h,i (80)	4.87±3.56c,k,l
nMOMP/A8-35	11/16b,h (69)	14,125d,e,f (<2–2,817,998)	12d,e,f,g (4–21)	12/16b,h ,i(75)	3.75±2.86f,k ,l
OVA/Z3-14	12/12 (100)	2,719,510 (272,555–9,862,992)	25 (14–35)	7/12a (58)	2.00±1.91d,m
OVA/A8-35	13/13 (100)	1,886,340 (1,159,330–4,800,672)	28 (14–35)	4/13a,j (31)	1.31±2.18d,m
MEM-0	8/8 (100)	9,059,562 (894,734–13,003,396)	32 (21–35)	4/7 (57)	1.86±2.04
Cm-EB	4/14 (29)	<2 (<2–38,315)	4 (4–14)	14/14 (100)	6.07±2.16
Fertility control	-	-		14/16 (88)	4.44±2.76

^aP<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the Cm-EB immunized group.

^bP<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the OVA/A8-35 immunized group.

^cP<0.05 by Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test compared to OVA/Z3-14 immunized group.

^dP<0.05 by Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test compared to Cm-EB immunized group.

^eP<0.05 by Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test compared to MEM-0 immunized group.

^fP<0.05 by Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test compared to OVA/A8-35 immunized group.

^gP<0.05 by Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test compared to nMOMP/Z3-14 immunized group.

^hP>0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the Cm-EB immunized group.

ⁱP>0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the Fertility control group.

^jP<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the Fertility control group.

^kP>0.05 by the Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test compared to the Cm-EB immunized group.

^lP>0.05 by the Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test compared to the Fertility control group.

^mP<0.05 by the Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test compared to the Fertility control group.