Title
First case of HIV type 1 subtype F among men who have sex with men in Colombia
Date Issued
01 August 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Eyzaguirre L.
Bautista C.
Ayala C.
Acosta J.
Negrete, Monica
Sateren W.
Sanchez J.
Carr J.
Destacamento de Investigación Médica Naval
U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment
Publisher(s)
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Abstract
To study the molecular epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) strains among men who have ses with men (MSM), the main high-risk group for HIV infection in Colombia, 113 HIV-positive MSM subjects recruited in Bogota during the year 2002 were genotyped. By heteroduplex mobility assay (env HMA) all samples were classified as subtype B. Partial sequencing of the protease and the reverse transcriptese (Pro/RT) regions performed on a random subset of 10 samples revealed that nine were classified as subtype B, and one sample was subtype F. The specimen that is subtype F in pol and subtype B in env is likely to be is either a recombinant or a dual infection. In this study, we identify the HIV F subtype for the first time in Colombia. © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Start page
808
End page
811
Volume
22
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Virología
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Ciencias socio biomédicas (planificación familiar, salud sexual, efectos políticos y sociales de la investigación biomédica)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33748741390
PubMed ID
Source
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
ISSN of the container
08892229
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus