Table 2. Correlation of activation of innate response genes with fungal and bacterial infection, and neutrophils in the lung interstitium, and fungal hyphae and bacterial scores in wing tissues.

Correlate		IL23		Cathelicidin		IL10		TNF
		GAPDH	CytB	GAPDH	CytB	GAPDH	CytB	GAPDH	CytB
Infection	Correlation (r)	−0.60	−0.55	−0.67	−0.49	−0.72	−0.75	−0.71	−0.77
	Significance (P)	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	0.001	0.018	0.008	0.004	0.001
	N	30	30	45	45	10	11	14	14
Ave. hyphae score	Correlation (r)	−0.67	−0.60	−0.64	−0.42	−0.71	−0.69	−0.57	−0.60
	Significance (P)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.004	0.02	0.018	0.033	0.024
	N	30	30	45	45	10	11	14	14
Ave. bacterial score	Correlation (r)	−0.77	−0.65	−0.61	−0.42	−0.69	−0.61
	Significance (P)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.004	0.026	0.046	NS	NS
	N	30	30	45	45	10	11	14	14
Lung Interstitial neutrophil score	Correlation (r)	−0.65	−0.64	−0.35	−0.45
	Significance (P)	0.001	0.001	0.036	0.005	NS	NS	NS	NS
	N	22	22	37	37	10	11	14	14

Pearson's coefficients were calculated for the ΔCt levels for cytokine transcripts for bats in each treatment class and lung interstitial neutrophil scores and mean bacterial and hyphae scores for 5 wing sections for each bat.

N =  number of samples with usable Ct values. NS = not significant.