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Si-Wei Cheng1, Yan-Ping Chen2,3, Feng Qi2
1Shaanxi Engineering and Technological Research Center for Conversation and Utilization of Regional Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, China.
Abstract:
Owing to co-epidemic of CRF01_AE and CRF07_BC in China, increasing numbers of the second-generation recombinants between them have been identified especially among sexual population. In this study, we identified a unique CRF01_AE/CRF07_BC recombinants from a male HIV-1 positive individual (18YA004) infected by heterosexual contact in Yan'an city, Shaanxi province. The near full-length genome analyses showed 18YA004 was divided into six fragments by five breakpoints located in the pol, vpr, vpu, and nef gene, respectively. Three CRF01_AE segments (segments I, III, and V) were all clustered within the cluster 4a lineage, exclusively circulating among MSM in the northern China. Coupled with our previous finding of CRF01_AE/C recombinant in Yan'an city, the emergence of CRF01_AE/CRF07_BC strain further suggested coexistence of multiple HIV-1 genotypes here. Therefore, it is necessary to continue monitoring the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 among high-risk groups to obtain a better understanding of the genetic complexity and transmission of HIV-1 in this region.
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