Table 1 Correlation between level of Myotis lucifugus coronavirus RNA and disease severity of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in co-infected M. lucifugus, based on three measures of WNS severity and pathology.

From: White-nose syndrome is associated with increased replication of a naturally persisting coronaviruses in bats

Correlate

Level of coronavirus RNA

Pearson Correlationa

Significance

N

Virus-infected/Co-infected

−0.610

0.009

17

Average hyphae score

−0.630

0.016

14

Average bacterial score

−0.680

0.007

14

Lung interstitial neutrophils

−0.618

0.043

11

  1. aPearson’s coefficients were calculated for the ∆Ct 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.
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