ArticlePloS one2012
HIV-1 clade D is associated with increased rates of CD4 decline in a Kenyan cohort.
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- Complex Subtype Diversity of HIV-1 Among Drug Users in Major Kenyan Cities.AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2017Article
- Factors Driving the HIV Epidemic in Southern Africa.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2016Review
- HIV-infected sex workers with beneficial HLA-variants are potential hubs for selection of HIV-1 recombinants that may affect disease progression.Scientific reports · 2015Article
- Estimation and Short-Term Prediction of the Course of the HIV Epidemic Using Demographic and Health Survey Methodology-Like Data.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
HIV-1 is grouped phylogenetically into clades, which may impact rates of HIV-1 disease progression. Clade D infection in particular has been shown to be more pathogenic. Here we confirm in a Nairobi-based prospective female sex worker cohort (1985-2004) that Clade D (n = 54) is associated with a more rapid CD4 decline than clade A1 (n = 150, 20.6% vs 13.4% decline per year, 1.53-fold increase, p = 0.015). This was independent of "protective" HLA and country of origin (p = 0.053), which in turn were also independent predictors of the rate of CD4 decline (p = 0.026 and 0.005, respectively). These data confirm that clade D is more pathogenic than clade A1. The precise reason for this difference is currently unclear, and requires further study. This is first study to demonstrate difference in HIV-1 disease progression between clades while controlling for protective HLA alleles.
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