Fig. 2
Alpha and beta diversity of the three groups. A Ace index(H vs CS:t-test, t(31) = 2.45,  P = 0.0058; H vs AS: t-test, t(19) = 2.53, P = 0.0054; CS vs AS:P = 0.2379). B Chao1 index(H vs CS: t-test, t(31) = 2.45, P = 0.0055; H vs AS: t-test, t(19) = 2.53, P = 0.0095; CS vs AS:P = 0.0055). C Shannon index(H vs CS: P = 0.3628; CS vs AS:P = 0.5326). D Simpson index(H vs CS:P = 0.8702; CS vs AS:P = 0.3284). E ANOSIM analysis (R = 0.269, P = 0.001). F Unweighted Unifrac beta analysis(H vs CS:t-test, t(31) =3.63 P<0.0001; CS vs AS:P = 0.5466) . G PcoA. H NMDS. H healthy people, CS chronic Schistosoma japonicum infection, AS advanced S. japonicum infection. PcoA principal coordinates analysis, NMDS non-metric multidimensional scaling