HIV type 2 intergroup recombinant identified in Cameroon

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2008 Jan;24(1):86-91. doi: 10.1089/aid.2007.0190.

Abstract

A unique HIV-2 intergroup recombinant strain was identified in Cameroon. The virus, CM-03-510-03, was amplified from blood collected from a 47-year-old female patient in Douala, Cameroon in 2003 who was seroreactive for HIV-2. A near full-length genome 9089 nucleotides in length was amplified from proviral DNA. The genome for CM-03-510-03 is composed of segments of HIV-2 groups A and B with four recombination break-points and has open reading frames for all the structural and regulatory genes. A comparison of CM-03-510-03 to the only previously reported HIV-2 intergroup recombinant shows that the two strains share one recombination breakpoint but are otherwise distinct from each other. Similar to HIV-1, HIV-2 intergroup recombination is an indication that coinfection with more than one strain has occurred in individuals and is a mechanism that increases strain genetic diversity.

MeSH terms

  • Kamerun
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV-2 / classification*
  • HIV-2 / genetics*
  • HIV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins / genetics
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Proviruses / genetics
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Recombination, Genetic*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins
  • RNA, Viral

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EU028345
  • GENBANK/EU028346