Figure 3

Presence/absence and concentration of vaginal microbiota over the eight week study period in women with incident BV (Nugent 7–10). Each box depicts one visit for a particular woman. The shading of the box indicates the concentration level (in log10 geq/ml) of each taxon with darker colours depicting a higher concentration. If the species was absent the box is white. Boxes bordered by a red line are the first BV visit for that woman. Boxes in yellow denote visits with an intermediate Nugent score of 4–6 if present before development of BV.