HIV-1 genetic diversity in antenatal cohort, Canada

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Aug;11(8):1230-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1108.040877.

Abstract

We studied HIV genetic diversity in a cohort of 127 pregnant, HIV-infected women who received prenatal care at Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, Canada, between 1999 and 2003. Clade assignments were derived by phylogenetic analysis of amplified pol sequences. Genotyping was successful in 103 of 127 women, 59 (57.3%) of whom were infected with clade B HIV-1, and 44 (42.7%) with nonclade B viruses, including subtypes A, C, D, F, G, and H. Four sequences remained unassigned. Forty-three of 44 women infected with non-clade B viruses were newcomers from sub-Saharan Africa, and subtype identity was consistent with those circulating in their countries of origin. These results highlight the epidemiologic importance of non-B HIV-1 in antenatal populations in a large North American urban center, underscore the influence of population movements on clade intermixing, and identify a group of patients who could be targeted for surveillance and drug therapy followup.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Africa South of the Sahara / ethnology
  • Asia / ethnology
  • Canada / epidemiology
  • Caribbean Region / ethnology
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Gene Products, pol / chemistry
  • Gene Products, pol / genetics
  • Genetic Variation
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / pathology
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV-1 / classification
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
  • RNA, Viral / blood
  • RNA, Viral / chemistry
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Urban Population
  • Viral Load
  • pol Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Substances

  • Gene Products, pol
  • HIV pol protein p65
  • RNA, Viral
  • pol Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus