Identification of Ugandan HIV type 1 variants with unique patterns of recombination in pol involving subtypes A and D.

ABSTRACT: Most HIV-1 infections in Uganda are caused by subtypes A and D. The prevalence of recombination and the sites of specific breakpoints between these subtypes have not been reported. HIV-1 pol sequences encoding protease (amino acids 1-99) and reverse transcriptase (amino acids 1-324) from 102 pregnant Ugandan women were analyzed by the Recombinant Identification Program, SimPlot, and examination of phylogenetically informative sites to identify sites of recombination between sequence segments belonging to different subtypes. Thirteen percent (13 of 102) of the pol sequences contained strong evidence of recombination between subtypes A and D. At least nine different patterns of recombination were observed. Five women infected with a recombinant virus transmitted the recombinant virus perinat

SUBMITTER: Eshleman SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2573392 | biostudies-literature | 2002 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature