Identification of a novel HIV Type 1 circulating recombinant form (CRF65_cpx) composed of CRF01_AE and subtypes B and C in Western Yunnan, China

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2014 Jun;30(6):598-602. doi: 10.1089/aid.2013.0233. Epub 2014 Jan 4.

Abstract

A novel HIV-1 circulating recombinant form (CRF) designated CRF65_cpx was recently characterized from three epidemiologically unlinked individuals infected through heterosexual contact in western Yunnan province of China. This is the first complex mosaic HIV-1 CRF, consisting of contributions from three or more different subtypes, identified in China. An additional full-length genome sequence with identical recombinant breakpoints was found among a previously reported recombinant strain from a man who had sex with a man in Anhui province of East Central China. The breakpoint analysis of the recombinants showed a complex genome organization composed of parental subtypes B' (Thailand variant of subtype B), C, and CRF01_AE, with 13 recombination breakpoints observed in almost all structure genes of HIV-1. The generation of complex recombinant forms is likely due to cocirculation of multiple lineages of HIV-1 strains in high-risk populations in western Yunnan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • China
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Female
  • Gene Order
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Genotype
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV-1 / classification*
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA Viruses / genetics*
  • RNA Viruses / isolation & purification
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Recombination, Genetic*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • RNA, Viral

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KC870027
  • GENBANK/KC870028
  • GENBANK/KC870030