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ArticleViruses2022

Geographic Transmission and Epidemic History of HIV-1 CRF01_AE, CRF07_BC, and HCV Subtype-6w among Taiwanese Persons Who Inject Drugs.

Yen-Ju Chen, Jason C Huang, Hung-Chin Tsai, Yu-Hui Lin, Kuo-Feng Hsu, Hsin-Fu Liu

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Yen-Ju ChenResearch Assistant Center, Tainan Municipal Hospital (Managed by Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation), Tainan 701033, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3023-9026
Jason C HuangDepartment of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan.
Hung-Chin TsaiDepartment of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813414, Taiwan.
Yu-Hui LinDepartment of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6644-2069
Kuo-Feng HsuDepartment of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114202, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9556-9221
Hsin-Fu LiuDepartment of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 25169, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0082-2269
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWKaohsiung Veterans General Hospital · TWMackay Memorial Hospital · TWTaichung Veterans General Hospital · TWTri-Service General Hospital · TW

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Abstract

Persons who inject drugs (PWID) and their risk-related behaviors (e.g., unprotected sex and sharing needles/syringes/other injection equipment) have caused severe public health problems, especially in the rapid spread of HIV-1 and HCV. Here, we reconstructed the epidemic history of HIV-1 circulating recombinant form (CRF) 01_AE, CRF07_BC, and HCV subtype-6w among Taiwanese PWID. The timescales were estimated using phylogenetic and Bayesian coalescent analyses. The results revealed that CRF01_AE started to circulate in the Taiwanese PWID population in central Taiwan at 1992.5 (95% credible region: 1988.8-1995.9) and spread to other regions of Taiwan, while CRF07_BC was first identified in southern Taiwan at 2000.0 (95% CR: 1997.8-2002.2) and then spread northward to central-northern Taiwan. All HCV-6 strains were from Asia (that is, China, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam) and originated in 1928.1 (95% CR: 1890.2-1966.0). Furthermore, subtype-6w isolates from different regions of Taiwan appeared to share a common source that existed in the mid-1990s (95% CR: 1985.0-2001.8) or thereabouts. The routes of drug trafficking and the resulting high prevalence of HIV-1/HCV co-infections among PWID might have contributed to the virus transmission and promoted its spread worldwide. Long-term monitoring and policy implementation in at-risk populations would be useful for disease control.

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Drug UsersHepatitis CHIV-1HIV InfectionsHIV SeropositivitySubstance Abuse, IntravenousBayes TheoremChinaGenotypeHumansPhylogenyepidemic historygeographic transmissionpersons who inject drugs (PWID)time of the most recent common ancestor (tMRCA)transmission routes

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