AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 2018, 34(7):629-634

HIV-1 Genetic Diversity in Recently Diagnosed Infections in Moscow: Predominance of A, Frequent Branching in Clusters, and Circulation of the Iberian Subtype G Variant.

HIV-1 protease-reverse transcriptase sequences from 62 HIV-1-infected individuals recently diagnosed in Moscow were analyzed. Subtype A former Soviet Union (FSU) (A) variant was the predominant clade (62.9%), followed by subtype B (22.6%), unique recombinants (6.5%), subtype G (6.5%), and CRF01_AE (1.6%). A predominated among people who inject drugs (88.9%) and heterosexually acquired infections (77.8%), while subtype B was the most prevalent genetic form among men who have sex with men (44%), although A was also frequent in this population (36%). Forty-eight (77.4%) viruses branched within intrasubtype clusters, three of which, of subtype B, had a majority of viruses collected outside of FSU. The four subtype G viruses identified in this study belonged to the Portuguese-Spanish (Iberian) variant and, together with three from databases, formed a Russian cluster closely related to viruses from Denmark. This is the first report of the circulation of the Iberian subtype G variant in Russia.

Karamov E, Epremyan K, Siniavin A, Zhernov Y, Cuevas MT, Delgado E, Sánchez-Martínez M, Carrera C, Kornilaeva G, Turgiev A, Bacqué J, Pérez-Álvarez L, Thomson MM

IBCH: 6663
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