TABLE 6.

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

Host group	Sample type	Similarity coefficient for pairs of isolates from the following body sitesa:
		Oral cavity-oral cavity	Vagina-vagina	Rectum-rectum	Oral cavity-vagina	Oral cavity-rectum	Vagina-rectum
HIV+, NP	All isolates	0.781 ± 0.465	0.713 ± 0.341	0.764 ± 0.485	0.749 ± 0.421	0.777 ± 0.479	0.724 ± 0.407
	C. albicans	0.857 ± 0.377	0.814 ± 0.243	0.851 ± 0.321	0.843 ± 0.339	0.852 ± 0.337	0.846 ± 0.292
HIV−, NP	All isolates	0.812 ± 0.519	0.705 ± 0.329	0.666 ± 0.233	0.741 ± 0.424	0.681 ± 0.305	0.723 ± 0.402
	C. albicans	0.862 ± 0.329	0.842 ± 0.296	0.831 ± 0.224	0.857 ± 0.396	0.862 ± 0.349	0.850 ± 0.399
HIV−, P	All isolates	0.824 ± 0.240	0.662 ± 0.312	0.631 ± 0.136	0.735 ± 0.441	0.623 ± 0.262	0.669 ± 0.355
	C. albicans	0.824 ± 0.240	0.869 ± 0.375	0.922b	0.858 ± 0.296	0.863 ± 0.246	0.902 ± 0.765

^aValues are means ± standard deviations. 

^bThere was only one pair of isolates for this group, so there is no standard deviation.