Fig 1. Course of C. muridarum genital infection in stressed and non-stressed mice as measured by quantitation of viable organisms shed from the genital tract.

Each data is mean +/_ SEM of inclusion forming units/milliliter determined from McCoy cell culture representing combined results of two separate experiments (n = 5 mice per group). A statistical difference in counts was observed between stressed and non-stressed mice on day 9 and 15 after infection (p <0.05). Shedding of C. muridarum in non-stress mice or stressed mice after day 28, indicating the resolution of infection.