Clinical helminth infections alter host gut and saliva microbiota
Fig 5
Analysis of saliva samples from infected (red bars) and uninfected (blue bars) participants shows altered microbiota.
Chao1 metric indicated elevated alpha diversity associated with infected samples at the A. genus and B. phylum taxa levels. ANOVA identified C. genera, D. family all elevated in infected samples. * = p-value≤ 0.05. Complete ANOVA data are presented in S4 Table.