Dynamics and features of transmission clusters of HIV-1 subtypes in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Autor: Victor Pimentel, Andrea Pineda-Peña, Cruz S. Sebastião, João L. de Paula, Cintia M. Ahagon, Marta Pingarilho, M. Rosário O. Martins, Luana P. O. Coelho, Elaine M. Matsuda, Daniela Alves, Ana B. Abecasis, Luís F. M. Brígido
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1384512
Popis: BackgroundMolecular epidemiology techniques allow us to track the HIV-1 transmission dynamics. Herein, we combined genetic, clinical and epidemiological data collected during routine clinical treatment to evaluate the dynamics and characteristics of transmission clusters of the most prevalent HIV-1 subtypes in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study conducted with 2,518 persons living with HIV (PLWH) from 53 cities in São Paulo state between Jan 2004 to Feb 2015. The phylogenetic tree of protease/reverse transcriptase (PR/RT) regions was reconstructed by PhyML and ClusterPicker used to infer the transmission clusters based on Shimodaira–Hasegawa (SH) greater than 90% (phylogenetic support) and genetic distance less than 6%.ResultsOf a total of 2,518 sequences, 2,260 were pure subtypes at the PR/RT region, being B (88%), F1 (8.1%), and C (4%). About 21.2% were naïve with a transmitted drug resistance (TDR) rate of 11.8%. A total of 414 (18.3%) of the sequences clustered. These clusters were less evident in subtype B (17.7%) and F1 (15.1%) than in subtype C (40.2%). Clustered sequences were from PLWH at least 5 years younger than non-clustered among subtypes B (p
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