Figure 4
From: Changes in the vaginal microbiota across a gradient of urbanization
Bacterial community state types (CSTs) from cervicovaginal and introital sites in Amerindian urbanization groups and mestizos. (a,b) Heatmap of the 30 most abundant taxa in cervicovaginal (a) and introital (b) microbiota. There were no significant differences among groups for Shannon index and vaginal pH, shown at the bottom of the heatmaps. (c,d) Prevalence for each of the four cervicovaginal (c) and two introital (d) CSTs, by woman group. Confidence intervals of 95% are indicated in each bar. Although no association with urbanization was found for CST (log-linear model), comparison at the interior of each urbanization group showed significant differences (*) in the low urbanization groups (Fisher’s exact test); but not for the introital CSTs. NA indicates missing value.
