Evolution and phyloynamics of HIV-1 BF recombinants from South America

• Grant number: 12/04818-5
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Molecular Genetics and Genetics of Microorganisms
• Principal Investigator: Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto
• Grantee: Atila Iamarino
• Home Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/15144-8 - Genomic evolution of large DNA viruses of insects, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

HIV-1 BF recombinants play an important role in the South American AIDS epidemic,especially in Brazil and Argentina, and they are recognized by the rapid spread and high replicativecapacity. Unlike other epidemics caused by well-established circulating recombinant forms,multiple unique recombinant forms comprise the South American BF recombinants, which resultfrom different recombination events, although they may be miss-classified by their recombinationprofile. The recombination is an important event for HIV-1 evolution that increases viral fitness,allows immune scape and the emergence of anti-retroviral drug resistance, and may have importantepidemiological consequences in places such as Brazil and Argentina, where there is ample therapyprevalence. This works aims to reconsider the classification and number of BF recombinant formsamong all available HIV-1 sequences from South America, as well as to estimate the population andevolutionary parameters that allow the understanding of the growth and role of BF recombinants inthis regional epidemics. The ancestral relations among common recombinant genomic fragmentsand selective pressure acting on recurrent regions will also be accessed, which may unravel possibletherapeutic targets.

Scientific publications

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