scholarly journals Using dried blood spots collected under field condition to determine HIV-1 diversity and drug resistance mutations in resource limited Tanzania

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 19686 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Kimaro ◽  
Elichilia Shao ◽  
Balthazar Nyombi ◽  
Emanuel Kifaro ◽  
Dorcas Maruapula ◽  
...  
2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoqing Zhang ◽  
Fangping Cai ◽  
Ivette Lorenzana de Rivera ◽  
Zhiyong Zhou ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
...  

A multiplex allele-specific (MAS) assay has been developed for the detection of HIV-1 subtype C drug resistance mutations (DRMs). We have optimized the MAS assay to determine subtype B DRMs in dried blood spots (DBS) collected from patients on antiretroviral therapy. The new assay accurately detected DRMs, including low-abundance mutations that were often missed by Sanger sequencing.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 5304
Author(s):  
Ana Santos-Pereira ◽  
Vera Triunfante ◽  
Pedro M. M. Araújo ◽  
Joana Martins ◽  
Helena Soares ◽  
...  

The success of antiretroviral treatment (ART) is threatened by the emergence of drug resistance mutations (DRM). Since Brazil presents the largest number of people living with HIV (PLWH) in South America we aimed at understanding the dynamics of DRM in this country. We analyzed a total of 20,226 HIV-1 sequences collected from PLWH undergoing ART between 2008–2017. Results show a mild decline of DRM over the years but an increase of the K65R reverse transcriptase mutation from 2.23% to 12.11%. This increase gradually occurred following alterations in the ART regimens replacing zidovudine (AZT) with tenofovir (TDF). PLWH harboring the K65R had significantly higher viral loads than those without this mutation (p < 0.001). Among the two most prevalent HIV-1 subtypes (B and C) there was a significant (p < 0.001) association of K65R with subtype C (11.26%) when compared with subtype B (9.27%). Nonetheless, evidence for K65R transmission in Brazil was found both for C and B subtypes. Additionally, artificial neural network-based immunoinformatic predictions suggest that K65R could enhance viral recognition by HLA-B27 that has relatively low prevalence in the Brazilian population. Overall, the results suggest that tenofovir-based regimens need to be carefully monitored particularly in settings with subtype C and specific HLA profiles.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. e0223210
Author(s):  
Giselle de Faria Romero Soldi ◽  
Isadora Coutinho Ribeiro ◽  
Cintia Mayumi Ahagon ◽  
Luana Portes Ozório Coelho ◽  
Gabriela Bastos Cabral ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiro Kotaki ◽  
Siti Qamariyah Khairunisa ◽  
Adiana Mutamsari Witaningrum ◽  
Muhammad Qushai Yunifiar M ◽  
Septhia Dwi Sukartiningrum ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Flávia Jacqueline Almeida ◽  
Rosangela Rodrigues ◽  
Mayra Simioni Zaparoli ◽  
Eitan Naaman Berezin ◽  
Marco Aurélio Palazzi Sáfadi ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Myuki Esashika Crispim ◽  
Monica Nogueira da Guarda Reis ◽  
Mariane Martins de Araujo Stefani

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. e764-e768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moises A. Huaman ◽  
Javier Aguilar ◽  
Dwayne Baxa ◽  
Alicia Golembieski ◽  
Indira Brar ◽  
...  

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