Figure 10. Correlation between MneHV-7 loads in saliva and orogastric tissues.
The MneHV-7 viral loads in whole saliva (genome copies/ml saliva) were compared to the viral loads in the salivary gland and pyloric stomach tissue (genome copies/ million cells). Tissues were obtained at necropsy, while saliva samples were taken at various earlier time points. Statistical significance of the correlations was assessed by two-tailed Spearman nonparametric correlation with 95% confidence intervals (salivary glands: r2=0.61, p=0.039; pyloric stomach r2=0.62, p=0.034).