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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2025

Higher Genotyping Performance of the Applied Biosystems TaqPath Seq HIV-1 Genotyping Kit Against ViroSeq HIV-1 Genotyping Kit in HIV

Ontlametse Thato Choga, Obiageli Okafor, Goitseone Martha Lemogang, Wonderful Tatenda Choga, Gaonyadiwe Muzanywa, Andrea E Garcia, Sikhulile Moyo, Simani Gaseitsiwe

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Ontlametse Thato ChogaBotswana Harvard Health Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.ORCID 0009-0005-8147-2193
Obiageli OkaforThermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8831-3399
Goitseone Martha LemogangBotswana Harvard Health Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
Wonderful Tatenda ChogaBotswana Harvard Health Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
Gaonyadiwe MuzanywaBotswana Harvard Health Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
Andrea E GarciaThermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Sikhulile MoyoBotswana Harvard Health Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.ORCID 0000-0003-3821-4592
Simani GaseitsiweBotswana Harvard Health Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.

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Training in HIV Genomics, Treatment, and Cure Research in BotswanaD43TW009610 · FIC · THE BOTSWANA HARVARD HEALTH PARTNERSHIP · PI SHAHIN LOCKMAN, Joseph Moeketsi Makhema · 2013 to 2026
$4.4M
Viral Diversity an Innovative Biomarker for Refining Estimates of HIV IncidenceK43TW012350 · FIC · THE BOTSWANA HARVARD HEALTH PARTNERSHIP · PI Sikhulile Moyo · 2022 to 2026
$682k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009610FIC NIH HHS K43 TW012350
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Abstract

Purpose: We assessed the performance of Applied Biosystems TaqPath Seq HIV-1 Genotyping Kit (CE-IVD) (TaqPath Kit) against the ViroSeq HIV-1 Genotyping Assays in genotyping HIV Methods: The study included 43 HIV-1 plasma specimens: 20 from people living with HIV-1C and 23 well-characterized HIV-positive Virology Quality Assurance (VQA) samples with PR-, RT-, and INI mutations. VQA samples included HIV-1 subtypes A, B, C, D, F, G, CRFO2_AG and URF. HIV-1 RNA extracted from all specimens was tested with both genotyping assays. Known HIV drug resistance mutations (DRMs) were identified using the Stanford HIV drug resistance database. Sequencing success rates, nucleotide identity, and DRMs from the two commercial assays were compared. Results: Of 43 samples, TaqPath Kit amplified 93.0% (40) for HIV PR/RT and 97.7% (42) for HIV INI regions, compared to ViroSeq Assays, which amplified 69.8% (30) and 72.1% (31) for PR/RT and INI, respectively. The TaqPath Kit successfully sequenced 90.0% (36/40) PR/RT and 97.6% (41/42) INI amplicons, while ViroSeq Assays sequenced 53.3% (16/30) PR/RT and 87.1% (27/31) INI amplicons. The mean nucleotide similarity was 98.8% (SD ± 1.30), 99.6% (SD ± 1.32) and 99.2% (SD ± 0.72) for paired RT, PR and INI sequences, respectively. The TaqPath Kit detected 97.2% (35/36) of DRMs identified by the ViroSeq Assays and an additional 83 mutations and polymorphisms in samples that failed genotyping with the ViroSeq Assays. Among these, 85.5% (71/83) were confirmed by the reference sequence, including 39 major DRMs. Conclusion: The TaqPath Kit demonstrated higher genotyping performance compared to the ViroSeq assays. The TaqPath Kit was able to detect DRMs in the PR, RT and INI regions of various HIV-1 subtypes, offering a critical tool to identify and monitor HIV drug resistance to new and existing antiretroviral drugs targeting these regions.

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genotyping assaysHIV drug resistancenucleotide identity scoressequencing outcome

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