Figure 4

Stability of the human virome across two evaluations. The whole genome shotgun sequence data included a subset of samples from 51 individuals, which were collected at two time points. For viruses detected in five or more individuals, Panel A shows the percentage of subjects in whom the virus was detected at only one (gray bar) or two consecutive (black bar) visits. The complete census of viruses that were detected in the longitudinal data set is presented in Additional file 1: Table S4. Panels B-G display the viruses detected in samples from a subject at one or both evaluations. Gray rectangles signify that the indicated virus was detected in a sample collected in one of two evaluations; black rectangles signify that the indicated virus was detected in the samples collected at both evaluations. Data from six individuals are shown in this figure for the purpose of illustration. Additional file 1: Table S5 shows the data for all subjects with multiple visits.