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Genotypic Inference of HIV-1 Tropism Using Population-based Sequencing of V3
Published on: December 27, 2010
Short Communication: Phylogenetic and Molecular Characterization of Six Full-Length HIV-1 Genomes from India Reveals
Sudhanshu Shekhar Pandey1, Sarah Cherian2, Madhuri Thakar1
11 Department of Immunology, National AIDS Research Institute (ICMR) , Pune, India .
Abstract:
Although HIV-1 epidemic in India is mainly driven by subtype C, subtype A has been reported for over two decades. This is the first comprehensive analysis of sequences of HIV-1 subtype A from India, based on the near full-length genome sequences of six different HIV-1 subtype A Indian isolates along with available partial gene sequences from India and global sequences. The phylogenetic analyses revealed the convergence of all Indian whole-genome sequences and majority of the partial gene sequences to a single node with the sequences most closely related to African sub-subtype A1. The presence of the signature motifs consistent with those observed in subtype A and CTL epitopes characterized specifically for subtype A1 were observed among the study sequences. Deletion of LY amino acid of LYPXnL motif of p6gag and one amino acid in V3 loop have been observed among the study isolates, which have also been observed in a few sequences from East Africa. Overall, the results are indicative of a monophyletic lineage or founder effect of the Indian epidemic due to sub-subtype A1 and supportive of a possible migration of subtype A1 into India from East Africa.
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