HIV-1 genetic diversity in Argentina and early diagnosis of perinatal infection.
Medicina (B Aires)
; 66(4): 319-26, 2006.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16977967
ABSTRACT
HIV-1 diagnosis of perinatally exposed children is usually performed by molecular biology-based methods, allowing the direct detection of the virus. Thus, HIV-1 genomic variability within and across strains plays a major role in relation to the sensitivity of these tests, often leading to misdiagnosis. We describe the performance of an in-house multiplex nested PCR (nPCR) for early detection of HIV-1 infection in perinatally exposed children born in Argentina, where the percentage of diverse BF recombinants is as high as 80%. After evaluation of 1316 HIV-1 perinatally exposed children collected over a 7-year period, the specificity and sensitivity of the diagnostic nPCR was of 100% and 99.2% respectively, with only two false negative cases indicating a good performance of the diagnostic nPCR in the Argentine pediatric cohort. In search of unusual HIV-1 subtypes among 22 HIV-1 infected cases presenting partial or complete HIV-1 gene amplification failure, we performed phylogenetic and recombination analysis of a vpu-env fragment in addition to gag and env Heteroduplex Mobility Assay screening. The most unusual findings included two subtypes A and a novel BC recombinant, while the majority of the strains were a variety of different BF recombinants. These results indicate the presence of novel and heterogeneous genotypes in our country and the need of continuous viral surveillance not only for diagnostic test optimization but also for the eventual implementation of a successful vaccine.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Recombinação Genética
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Infecções por HIV
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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HIV-1
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Medicina (B Aires)
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina