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Low genetic diversity of the human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) in an endemic area of the brazilian Amazon basin

Nobre, Akim Felipe Santos; Almeida, Danilo de Souza; Ferreira, Louise Canto; Ferreira, Deimy Lima; Sousa Junior, Edivaldo Costa; Viana, Maria de Nazaré do Socorro de Almeida; Silva, Ingrid Christiane; Pinheiro, Bruna Teles; Ferrari, Stephen Francis; Linhares, Alexandre da Costa; Ishikawa, Edna Aoba; Sousa, Rita Catarina Medeiros; Sousa, Maísa Silva de.
PLoS One ; 13(3): 1-9, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | IEC - Instituto Evandro Chagas | ID: iec-16411
The Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV-1) is a Deltaretrovírus that was first isolated in the 1970s, and associated with Adult T-cell Leucemia-Lymphoma (ATLL), and subsequently to Tropical Spastic Paraparesis-Myelopathy (TSP/HAM). The genetic diversity of the virus varies among geographic regions, although its mutation rate is very low (approximately 1% per thousand years) in comparison with other viruses. The present study determined the genetic diversity of HTLV-1 in the metropolitan region of Belém, in northern Brazil. Blood samples were obtained from patients at the UFPA Tropical Medicine Nucleus between January 2010 and December 2013. The DNA was extracted and the PX region of the HTLV was amplified using nested PCR. The positive samples were then digested using the Taq1 enzyme for the identification and differentiation of the HTLV-1 and HTLV-2. The 5'LTR region of the positive HTLV-1 samples were amplified by nested PCR, and then sequenced genetically. The phylogenetic analysis of the samples was based on the maximum likelihood method and the evolutionary profile was analyzed by the Bayesian approach. Overall, 78 samples tested positive for HTLV-1, and 44 were analyzed here. The aA (cosmopolitan-transcontinental) subtype was recorded in all the samples. The following evolutionary rates were recorded for the different subtypes-a 2.10-3, b 2.69. 10-2, c 6.23. 10-2, d 3.08. 10-2, e 6. 10-2, f 1.78. 10-3, g 2.2. 10-2 mutations per site per year. The positive HTLV-1 samples tested in the present study were characterized by their low genetic diversity and high degree of stability.
Biblioteca responsável: BR275.1
Localização: PCIEC2018 / BR275.1