Title:The Identification of A Novel HIV-1 Second-Generation Recombinant form (CRF01_AE/CRF07_BC) Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Jiangsu, China
Volume: 19
Issue: 2
Author(s): Yin Yueqi, Zhou Ying, Lu Jing, Guo Hongxiong, Chen Jianshuang, Xuan Yan, Cheng Hao, Yuan Defu, Hu Haiyang, Xu Xiaoqin, Wang Bei* Fu Gengfeng*
Affiliation:
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009,China
- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009,China
Keywords:
HIV-1, recombinant, MSM, near full-length genome, URF, CRF.
Abstract: Background: CRF01_AE and CRF07_BC are the two major HIV-1 virus strains circulating
in China. The proportion of dominant subtypes (CRF01_AE and CRF07_BC) among MSM
in Jiangsu province was over 80%. A large number of URFs have been found in China in recent
years.
Objective: This study aimed to report on novel HIV-1 recombinants.
Methods: We constructed Phylogenetic trees using the maximum likelihood (ML) method with
1000 bootstrap replicates in IQ-TREE 1.6.8 software and determined recombination breakpoints using
SimPlot 3.5.1.
Results: We identified a novel, second-generation HIV-1 recombinant (JS020202) between CRF01_
AE and CRF07_BC. The analysis of near full-length genome (NFLG) showed there were at
least 8 breakpoints in the virus, which differed from any previously identified CRF and URF
around the world.
Conclusion: Novel diverse CRF01_AE/07_BC suggested the complexity trends of HIV-1 genetics.
The emergency situation of diverse recombinant strains should be monitored continuously.