Antiretroviral drug resistance mutations in the reverse transcriptase gene of HIV-1 isolates from Northern Indian patients: a follow-up study

Arch Virol. 2010 Apr;155(4):563-9. doi: 10.1007/s00705-010-0605-4. Epub 2010 Feb 24.

Abstract

The viral reverse transcriptase gene was amplified from the plasma of 27 drug-naïve and five drug-experienced HIV patients in Northern India. Follow-up samples of naïve patients after antiretroviral therapy initiation were collected in six patients at 3 months and three patients at 6 months. Phylogenetic analysis revealed two new recombinant forms, CRF_CH and CRF_CK, and an accessory non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor mutation E138A, not previously reported from India. The major DRMs found in two 6-month follow-up samples were absent in their baseline blood samples. This is the first follow-up study to determine anti-retroviral drug resistance mutations in Indian HIV patients.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Amino Acid Substitution / genetics
  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Drug Resistance, Viral*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / drug effects*
  • HIV-1 / genetics
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • India
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation, Missense*
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents
  • reverse transcriptase, Human immunodeficiency virus 1
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/GQ895139
  • GENBANK/GQ915378