Identification of a new HIV type 1 circulating BF intersubtype recombinant form (CRF47_BF) in Spain

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Jul;26(7):827-32. doi: 10.1089/aid.2009.0311.

Abstract

We report the identification of a new HIV-1 circulating recombinant form (CRF47_BF) derived from subtypes B and F. It was initially identified in protease-reverse transcriptase sequences from nine individuals from three separate regions of Spain who acquired HIV-1 infection via sexual contact. All nine sequences formed a strongly supported phylogenetic cluster, branching apart from all known CRFs, and in bootscan analyses were BF mosaics with two coincident breakpoints. Two epidemiologically unlinked viruses were sequenced in near full-length genomes, which exhibited identical mosaic structures, with 16 intersubtype breakpoints in a genome predominantly of subtype B. Subtype F segments of the new CRF failed to cluster with any of the near full-length genome subtype F sequences available in public databases. Recent dates of HIV-1 diagnoses and short genetic distances suggest a recent origin of this CRF. This is the tenth reported CRF_BF, the first apparently having originated outside of South America.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cluster Analysis
  • Female
  • Genome, Viral
  • Genotype
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV Protease / genetics
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase / genetics
  • HIV-1 / classification*
  • HIV-1 / genetics
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Recombination, Genetic*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Spain

Substances

  • reverse transcriptase, Human immunodeficiency virus 1
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase
  • HIV Protease
  • p16 protease, Human immunodeficiency virus 1

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FJ670529
  • GENBANK/GQ372987
  • GENBANK/GU326094
  • GENBANK/GU326095
  • GENBANK/GU326096
  • GENBANK/GU326097
  • GENBANK/GU326098