HIV-1 genetic diversity in Russia: CRF63_02A1, a new HIV type 1 genetic variant spreading in Siberia

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2014 Jun;30(6):592-7. doi: 10.1089/aid.2013.0196. Epub 2014 Feb 6.

Abstract

One of the factors determining a high degree of heterogeneity in the HIV population is recombination-based variation, which leads to the emergence of the virus variants with a mosaic genome. An example is CRF63_02A1, an HIV-1 variant currently spreading in the Siberian region of Russia. To prove that this HIV-1 variant is a new circulating recombinant form that had emerged as a result of repeated recombination between CRF02_AG and subtype A, we have isolated seven full-length HIV genomes and theoretically analyzed them, that is, reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships, determined recombination breakpoints and regions, and compared them with the regions known for CRF02_AG.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cluster Analysis
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Genotype
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV-1 / classification*
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Siberia

Substances

  • RNA, Viral

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JX500694
  • GENBANK/JX500695
  • GENBANK/JX500696
  • GENBANK/JX500697
  • GENBANK/JX500698
  • GENBANK/JX500699
  • GENBANK/JX500700
  • GENBANK/JX500701
  • GENBANK/JX500702
  • GENBANK/JX500703
  • GENBANK/JX500704
  • GENBANK/JX500705
  • GENBANK/JX500706