A cluster of rapid disease progressors upon primary HIV-1 infection shared a novel variant with mutations in the p6gag/pol and pol/vif genes.
AIDS 2015;
29:1717-9. [PMID:
26372284 DOI:
10.1097/qad.0000000000000771]
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Abstract
Few studies have described the etiologic factors associated with rapid AIDS onset during primary HIV-1 infection. Our molecular epidemiological study identified a cluster of individuals infected with HIV-1 variants characterized by novel mutations in the p6 and pol/vif genes during 2011 and 2013 in Osaka, Japan. Individuals positive for the novel HIV-1 variant showed rapid disease progression, suggesting a role of viral mutations in the fostering of the clinical course of HIV-1 infection.
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