Open AccessIncreasing Prevalence of Non–Clade B HIV-1 Strains in Heterosexual Men and Women, as Monitored by Analysis of Reverse Transcriptase and Protease Sequences
Author(s) -
Claudia Balotta,
Guido Facchi,
Michela Violin,
Sonia Van Dooren,
Alessandro CozziLepri,
Federica Forbici,
Ada Bertoli,
Chiara Riva,
Daniela Senese,
Pietro Caramello,
G Carnevale,
Giuliano Rizzardini,
Laura Cremonini,
Laura Monno,
Giovanni Rezza,
Carlo Federico Perno,
Giuseppe Ippolito,
Antonella d’Arminio Monforte,
AnneMieke Vandamme,
Mauro Moroni
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/00126334-200108150-00012
Subject(s) - clade , biology , virology , phylogenetic tree , reverse transcriptase , lentivirus , subtyping , virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , genetics , phylogenetics , gene , viral disease , polymerase chain reaction , computer science , programming language
We evaluated the prevalence of HIV-1 non-clade B over time in a formerly clade B-restricted area. Protease and reverse transcriptase regions of the pol gene were used for phylogenetic and recombination analysis and for clade assignment to HIV-1 A-D, F-H, J, and K strains of the M group.