TABLE 4.

Similarity between pairs of strains from different anatomical locations of the same individual

Location	Host group	Volunteer no.	Strain pair	Similarity coefficient	Mean ± SD similarity coefficient
Oral cavity-vagina					0.77897 ± 0.18911 (0.92157 ± 0.11829)a
	HIV+, NP	08	08o+n, 08v+n	1.00000	0.94118 ± 0.10189
		29	29o+n, 29v+n	1.00000
		47	47o+n, 47v+n	0.82353
	HIV−, NP	04	04o−n, 04v−n	0.98039	0.78824 ± 0.18571
		05	05o−n, 05v−n1	0.62745
			05o−n, 05v−n2	0.64706
		14	14o−n, 14v−n	1.00000
		25	25o−n, 25v−n	0.68628
	HIV−, P	15	15o−y, 15v−y	0.56863	0.60130 ± 0.11151
		23	23o−y, 23v−y	0.72549
		30	30o−y, 30v−y	0.50979
Oral cavity-rectum					0.77777 ± 0.17998 (0.88561 ± 0.08171)
	HIV+, NP	28	28o+n, 28r+n	0.88235	0.89215 ± 0.05660
		29	29o+n, 29r+n	0.82352
		39	39o+n, 39r+n	0.96078
		47	47o+n, 47r+n	0.90196
	HIV−, NP	04	04o−n, 04r−n	0.98039	0.82353 ± 0.22183
		05	05o−n, 05r−n	0.66667
	HIV−, P	15	15o−y, 15r−y	0.50979	0.59476 ± 0.14718
		23	23o−y, 23r−y	0.76471
		30	30o−y, 30r−y	0.50979
Vagina-rectum					0.88581 ± 0.15505 (0.95098 ± 0.05995)
	HIV+, NP	03	03v+n, 03r+n	0.98039	0.80392 ± 0.19411
		12	12v+n, 12r+n	0.60784
		29	29v+n, 29r+n	0.82352
		41	41v+n, 41r+n1	1.00000
			41v+n, 41r+n2	0.56863
		42	42v+n1, 42r+n	0.56863
			42v+n2, 42r+n	1.00000
		47	47v+n, 47r+n	0.88235
	HIV−, NP	04	04v−n, 04r−n	1.00000	0.95098 ± 0.05783
		05	05v−n1, 05r−n	0.96078
			05v−n2, 05r−n	0.94118
		21	21v−n, 21r−n	1.00000
		23	23v−n, 23r−n	0.96078
		24	24v−n, 24r−n	0.84314
	HIV−, P	15	15v−y, 15r−y	0.94118	0.97386 ± 0.02995
		30	30v−y, 30r−y	1.00000
		33	33v−y, 33r−y	0.98039

^aValues in parentheses are means ± standard deviation among strains of C. albicans only.