Fig. 2: Gut virome over time in infants who developed NEC (cases). | Nature Microbiology

Fig. 2: Gut virome over time in infants who developed NEC (cases).

From: Longitudinal gut virome analysis identifies specific viral signatures that precede necrotizing enterocolitis onset in preterm infants

Fig. 2

a, Virus family relative abundance in case samples, grouped by PMA. Multiple pie charts within a square indicate multiple samples from the same infant in one week. b, Viral contig richness and Shannon diversity in case samples over time. Trend lines and 95% confidence bands were generated using LOESS smoothing in R, with a span of 0.5. c, Median weighted Bray–Curtis dissimilarity within individual case infants and between individual case infants, n = 9 infants. Box limits, 25th and 75th percentiles; whiskers, 2.5 and 97.5 percentiles. Statistical significance was assessed by two-sided Mann–Whitney U-test, P < 0.0001. d, PCoA of case samples using weighted Bray–Curtis distance. Statistical significance of PMA (continuous variable) assessed by PERMANOVA. Samples were colour-coded by PMA. e, PCoA comparing case and control samples using weighted Bray–Curtis distance. Statistical significance was assessed by PERMANOVA.

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