Long-term survivors in Nairobi: complete HIV-1 RNA sequences and immunogenetic associations

J Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 15;190(4):697-701. doi: 10.1086/421504. Epub 2004 Jul 13.

Abstract

To investigate African long-term survivors (LTSs) infected with non-subtype B human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), we obtained full-length HIV-1 RNA sequences and immunogenetic profiles from 6 untreated women enrolled in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort in Nairobi, Kenya. There were no discernible sequence changes likely to cause attenuation. CCR2-V64I, an immunogenetic polymorphism linked to LTSs, was detected in 4 women, all of whom carried the HLA B58 allele. Further investigation of 99 HIV-1-infected Nairobi women found an association between CCR2-V64I and HLA B58 (P=.0048). Studying the interaction among immunogenetics, immune responses, and viral sequences from all HIV-1 subtypes may increase our understanding of slow HIV-1 disease progression.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alleles
  • Chemokine CCL2 / genetics
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • HIV Infections / blood
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • HIV Infections / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / pathogenicity
  • HLA Antigens / genetics
  • Humans
  • Kenya / epidemiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Occupational Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • RNA, Viral / blood
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Receptors, CCR2
  • Receptors, Chemokine / genetics
  • Sex Work*

Substances

  • CCR2 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL2
  • HLA Antigens
  • RNA, Viral
  • Receptors, CCR2
  • Receptors, Chemokine

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY332185