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Viruses Previously Classified as CRF146_BC, a Circulating Recombinant Form of HIV-1 Recently Reported in Brazil, Represent Different Recombinant Forms, One of Which Is Circulating in Spain.

Ana Donoso, María Moreno-Lorenzo, Elena Delgado, Javier E Cañada-García, José Antonio Iribarren, Yolanda Salicio, Sonia Benito, Clara Lorente-Sorolla, Jorge Del Romero-Guerrero, María Begoña Baza-Caraciolo and 8 more

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Ana DonosoHIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3989-7399
María Moreno-LorenzoHIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6958-4951
Elena DelgadoHIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0754-8533
Javier E Cañada-GarcíaHIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8964-0551
José Antonio IribarrenHospital Universitario Donostia, 20014 San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4013-8509
Yolanda SalicioHospital Universitario Donostia, 20014 San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Sonia BenitoHIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6908-4757
Clara Lorente-SorollaHIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0404-9453
Jorge Del Romero-GuerreroCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8922-5182
María Begoña Baza-CaracioloCentro Sanitario Sandoval, Instituto de Medicina de Laboratorio (IML), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Francisco Díez-FuertesAIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2413-9229
Pilar ZamarrónHospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, 28222 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
Raquel TéllezHospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Ana MiqueleizHospital Universitario de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Carmen Gómez-GonzálezHospital Universitario Araba, 01009 Vitoria, Álava, Spain.
Sandra CortizoComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8222-6729
Luis MoranoHospital Universitario Álvaro Cunqueiro, 36312 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0560-3260
Michael M ThomsonHIV Biology and Variability Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0622-7527

Funding

Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI19CIII/00042Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI22CIII/00065Instituto de Salud Carlos III PICIII16/00033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) are important components of the HIV-1 pandemic. Previous studies have reported the propagation of diverse HIV-1 CRFs of South American origin in Europe. Here, through protease-reverse transcriptase (Pr-RT) and integrase sequence analyses, we identify a Spanish cluster (BC3) branching with a Brazilian virus (10BR_RJ009) previously classified as CRF146_BC. In Pr-RT, BC3 comprised 14 viruses and was nested within a larger cluster, comprising 22 Brazilian viruses and 1 Spanish virus branching outside of BC3. Near full-length genome analyses of five BC3 viruses revealed mosaic structures identical to 10BR_RJ009, with two breakpoints delimiting a ~0.3 kb subtype B fragment within an otherwise subtype C genome. Two other Brazilian viruses previously classified as CRF146_BC (10BR_RJ039 and 01_BR_RGS69) had one and two additional short subtype B fragments, respectively, and failed to group with the 10BR_RJ009/BC3 cluster in subtype C fragments. Based on these results, we contend that 10BR_RJ009 and BC3 viruses, but not 10BR_RJ039 and 01_BR_RGS69, should be classified as CRF146_BC. Bayesian analyses estimated the CRF146_BC emergence in Brazil to be around 1999 and its introduction in Europe around 2011. CRF146_BC is the 10th CRF of South American origin reported to circulate in Europe, reflecting the relationship between South American and European HIV-1 epidemics.

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HIV-1HIV InfectionsRecombination, GeneticBrazilGenetic VariationGenome, ViralGenotypeHumansPhylogenySequence Analysis, DNASpaincirculating recombinant formsgenetic diversityHIV-1phylodynamicsphylogenyunique recombinant forms

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PMCPMC12846359

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