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ArticleRetrovirology2017

Multiple HIV-1/M + HIV-1/O dual infections and new HIV-1/MO inter-group recombinant forms detected in Cameroon.

Fabienne De Oliveira, Thomas Mourez, Aurélia Vessiere, Paul-Alain Ngoupo, Elodie Alessandri-Gradt, François Simon, Dominique Rousset, Jean-Christophe Plantier

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Fabienne De OliveiraGRAM EA2656, Université de Rouen, Rouen, France.
Thomas MourezGRAM EA2656, Université de Rouen, Rouen, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-2908
Aurélia VessiereCentre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Paul-Alain NgoupoCentre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Elodie Alessandri-GradtGRAM EA2656, Université de Rouen, Rouen, France.
François SimonService de Microbiologie, APHP, CHU Saint Louis, INSERM U941, Faculté de Médecine Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
Dominique RoussetCentre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Jean-Christophe PlantierGRAM EA2656, Université de Rouen, Rouen, France. jean-christophe.plantier@univ-rouen.fr.

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Abstract

backgroundDue to the prevalence of HIV-1 group M and the endemicity of HIV-1 group O infections in Cameroon, patients may be infected with both viruses and/or with HIV-1/MO recombinant forms. Such atypical infections may be deleterious in terms of diagnosis and therapeutic management due to the high divergence of HIV-1/O. The aim of this study was to identify prospectively such atypical infections in Cameroon.

resultsBased on serological screening by env-V3 serotyping and a molecular strategy using group-specific (RT)-PCRs, we identified 10 Cameroonian patients harboring three different profiles of infection: (1) 4 HIV-1/M + O dual infections without evidence of recombinant; (2) 5 recombinants associated with one or both parental strains; and (3) 1 new recombinant form without parental strains.

conclusionsThis work highlights the dynamic co-evolution of these two HIV groups in Cameroon that could lead to the emergence of a circulating recombinant form MO, and the need for accurate identification of such atypical infections for precise diagnosis, virological monitoring and therapeutic management with adapted tools.

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CameroonCoinfectionGenotypeHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansMolecular EpidemiologyProspective StudiesRecombination, GeneticSerogroupDual infectionsHIV genetic diversityM and O inter-group recombinant forms

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PMCPMC5237259

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