Table 3. Summary of diversity indices for the Coccidioides posadasii population, Arizona, USA*.
| Source of isolate | No. | Different alleles | Effective alleles | Shannon’s informative index | Diversity | Unbiased diversity | Private alleles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson clinic | |||||||
| Mean | 251.444 | 9.444 | 3.139 | 1.288 | 0.581 | 0.584 | 20 |
| SE |
3.158 |
1.676 |
0.533 |
0.220 |
0.085 |
0.085 |
|
| Yuma clinic | |||||||
| Mean | 9.000 | 3.333 | 2.568 | 0.905 | 0.480 | 0.540 | 0 |
| SE |
0.000 |
0.577 |
0.473 |
0.204 |
0.101 |
0.114 |
|
| Phoenix clinic | |||||||
| Mean | 128.333 | 6.889 | 2.952 | 1.169 | 0.554 | 0.558 | 5 |
| SE |
1.546 |
1.296 |
0.560 |
0.207 |
0.083 |
0.084 |
|
| Soil | |||||||
| Mean | 64.778 | 6.667 | 3.155 | 1.257 | 0.598 | 0.607 | 4 |
| SE |
1.103 |
1.118 |
0.529 |
0.192 |
0.077 |
0.078 |
|
| Veterinary | |||||||
| Mean | 13.556 | 4.222 | 2.748 | 1.044 | 0.528 | 0.571 | 0 |
| SE | 0.338 | 0.703 | 0.437 | 0.199 | 0.091 | 0.099 | |
*Tucson clinic isolates are all human clinical isolates from Tucson, Arizona. Yuma clinic isolates (previously included in the PHOENIX population) are all human clinical isolates from Yuma, Arizona. Phoenix clinic isolates are all human clinical isolates from Maricopa County, Arizona. Soil isolates are the 66 environmental isolates from Tucson, Arizona, previously grouped in AZSOIL. Veterinary isolates are from various host animals, previously grouped in the AZSOIL population.