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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2025

HIVGenoPipe: a nextflow pipeline for the detection of HIV-1 drug resistance using a real-time sample-specific reference sequence.

Thoai Dotrang, Brad T Sherman, Lisheng Dai, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Helene C Highbarger, Whitney Bruchey, Sylvain Laverdure, Michael W Baseler, Tomozumi Imamichi, Robin L Dewar and 1 more

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Thoai Dotrang *Laboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Brad T Sherman *Laboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Lisheng DaiVirus Isolation and Serology Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Muhammad Ayub KhanVirus Isolation and Serology Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Helene C HighbargerVirus Isolation and Serology Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Whitney BrucheyLaboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Sylvain LaverdureLaboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Michael W BaselerApplied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Tomozumi ImamichiLaboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Robin L DewarVirus Isolation and Serology Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Weizhong ChangLaboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA. Weizhong.chang@nih.gov.

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Abstract

backgroundThe emergence of HIV drug resistance is a challenge in controlling the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic caused by human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection. Detection of drug resistance variants at minor frequencies can help to formulate successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens for people living with HIV (PLWH) and reduce the emergence of drug resistance. Therefore, a pipeline which can accurately produce consensus nucleotide sequences and identify drug resistance mutations (DRMs) at defined frequency thresholds will be helpful in the treatment of PLWH, analysis of virus evolution, and the control of the pandemic.

resultsWe have developed a pipeline, HIVGenoPipe, to determine HIV drug resistance variants within the gag-pol region above user-defined frequencies for HIV-1 samples sequenced using Illumina technology. The pipeline has been validated by comparing its results with the results generated by a widely used pipeline, HyDRA, which is limited to the pol region, and with the results generated by Sanger sequencing technology using the same set of 30 samples. The variant frequency used to generate ambiguous consensus sequences in HIVGenoPipe is more accurate than other pipelines because a sample-specific reference, which is generated in real-time with a novel hybrid strategy of de novo and reference-based assembly, is used for the frequency calculation, leading to more accurate drug resistance calls for use by clinicians. In addition, since Nextflow is used as the pipeline platform, HIVGenoPipe inherently has great portability, scalability and reproducibility; and the components can be updated or replaced independently if required.

conclusionsWe developed HIVGenoPipe for the detection of HIV-1 drug resistance. It constructs more accurate gag-pol consensus sequences, leading to improved detection of DRMs. HIVGenoPipe is open source and freely available under the MIT license at https://github.com/LHRI-Bioinformatics/HIVGenoPipe . The current release (v1.0.1) is archived and available at https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15528502 .

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Drug Resistance, ViralHIV-1SoftwareHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHIV InfectionsHumansMutationSequence Analysis, DNADrug resistance, HIV-1, Mutation detection, Nextflow pipeline, Next generation sequencing, Sample-specific reference sequence

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