Skip to main content
Fig. 2 | Microbiome

Fig. 2

From: Dynamics of the infant gut microbiota in the first 18 months of life: the impact of maternal HIV infection and breastfeeding

Fig. 2

The gut microbiota in breastfeeding infants from mothers with HIV differs from that seen in mothers without HIV. For these analyses, data across all time points were aggregated based on maternal HIV and/or breastfeeding status. A PCoA comparing HEU to HUU infants exhibited no significant separation within breastfeeding groups (PERMANOVA, P = 0.459). B The bacterial diversity of breastfeeding HEU infants (SI = 2.33 ± 0.05 SEM) and breastfeeding HUU infants (SI = 2.67 ± 0.04 SEM) showed a significant difference (Shannon index, P < 0.001). There were no significant differences in the Shannon diversity between HEU (SI = 1.97 ± 0.07 SEM) and HUU (SI = 1.88 ± 0.07 SEM) infants at birth (newborn); similarly, there was no differences between HEU infants (SI = 3.19 ± 0.04 SEM) and HUU infants (SI = 3.32 ± 0.06 SEM) infants that are not breastfeeding. C None of the bacterial taxa relative abundances differences reached significance between the microbiota of HEU and HUU infants (only genera made up with ASVs with a mean greater than 0.5% are shown)

Back to article page