Dual infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 of distinct envelope subtypes in humans

J Infect Dis. 1995 Apr;171(4):805-10. doi: 10.1093/infdis/171.4.805.

Abstract

Multiple genetic subtypes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have been identified among internationally collected isolates. The HIV-1 epidemic in Thailand is largely due to B and E subtypes of virus. Dual infection with distinct HIV-1 subtypes would suggest that antiviral immunity evoked by one subtype can be incompletely protective against a second. Polymerase chain reaction typing and serologic typing were used to screen a panel of specimens from HIV-1-infected subjects in Thailand. Two persons simultaneously harbored HIV-1 of env subtypes B and E, and this was confirmed by colony hybridization with subtype-specific probes and nucleotide sequence analysis of a 630-bp fragment of gp120 from multiple molecular clones. In addition, both subtypes were identified in cocultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 1 individual. These data provide the first evidence of dual HIV-1 infection in humans and reinforce the need for polyvalent vaccines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • Genetic Variation / genetics
  • HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / blood
  • HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / genetics*
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV-1 / classification
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification
  • HIV-1 / physiology
  • Humans
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / virology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Fragments / blood
  • Peptide Fragments / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Thailand

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • HIV Envelope Protein gp120
  • HIV envelope protein gp120 (305-321)
  • Peptide Fragments

Associated data

  • GENBANK/U21471
  • GENBANK/U21472
  • GENBANK/U21473
  • GENBANK/U21474
  • GENBANK/U21475
  • GENBANK/U21476