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ArticleVirus evolution2025

Evidence for circulation of high-virulence HIV-1 subtype B variants in the United Kingdom.

Vinicius B Franceschi, Kieran O Drake, David F Bibby, Caroline A Sabin, David T Dunn, Jean L Mbisa, Erik M Volz

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Article in Virus evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Vinicius B FranceschiMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 90 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0006-9337
Kieran O DrakeMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 90 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1280-9523
David F BibbyAntiviral Unit, Virus Reference Department, UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom.
Caroline A SabinInstitute for Global Health, University College London, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom.
David T DunnMRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, 90 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LJ, United Kingdom.
Jean L MbisaAntiviral Unit, Virus Reference Department, UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom.
Erik M VolzMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 90 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6268-8937

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution of HIV-1 virulence has significant implications for epidemic control. Recent phylogenomic analyses identified low-prevalence HIV-1 variants exhibiting significant differences in disease progression. We analysed 40 888 partial HIV-1 pol sequences from the UK HIV Drug Resistance Database (UKRDB) across subtypes B, C, A1, and CRF02AG. We identified phylotypes with putative differences in transmission/phylogenetic patterns and assessed their virulence trends using pretreatment viral loads, CD4 cell counts, and four statistical methods. We classified three subtype B phylotypes-PT.B.40.UK, PT.B.69.UK, and PT.B.133.UK -as variants of interest (VOIs) due to significantly higher viral loads and/or accelerated CD4 decline. PT.B.40.UK and PT.B.69.UK exhibited higher viral loads, 4.93 log

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