Fig. 3.

Antiviral activity of live vaginal lactobacilli CMUL57, CMUL67 and CMUL140 on HSV-2- or CVB4E2-infected Vero cells. The antiviral effect was examined when lactobacilli were applied on the Vero cell together with the viruses (co-incubation) (a), taking into account the bacterial concentrations (b). Results were collected after 48 h of HSV-2 challenge and expressed as percentage of cell survival, compared to the control wells (medium) containing cells which were challenged with the virus in the absence of lactobacilli. The data are the means (±SD) of at least three independent experiments