Phylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of HIV-1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants.

BACKGROUND: To combat the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1), a successful vaccine will need to cope with the variability of transmissible viruses. Human hosts infected with HIV-1 potentially harbour many viral variants but very little is known about viruses that are likely to be tra...

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Main Authors: English, S, Katzourakis, A, Bonsall, D, Flanagan, P, Duda, A, Fidler, S, Weber, J, McClure, M, Phillips, R, Frater, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011
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author English, S
Katzourakis, A
Bonsall, D
Flanagan, P
Duda, A
Fidler, S
Weber, J
McClure, M
Phillips, R
Frater, J
author_facet English, S
Katzourakis, A
Bonsall, D
Flanagan, P
Duda, A
Fidler, S
Weber, J
McClure, M
Phillips, R
Frater, J
author_sort English, S
collection OXFORD
description BACKGROUND: To combat the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1), a successful vaccine will need to cope with the variability of transmissible viruses. Human hosts infected with HIV-1 potentially harbour many viral variants but very little is known about viruses that are likely to be transmitted, or even if there are viral characteristics that predict enhanced transmission in vivo. We show for the first time that genetic divergence consistent with a single transmission event in vivo can represent several years of pre-transmission evolution. RESULTS: We describe a highly unusual case consistent with a single donor transmitting highly related but distinct HIV-1 variants to two individuals on the same evening. We confirm that the clustering of viral genetic sequences, present within each recipient, is consistent with the history of a single donor across the viral env, gag and pol genes by maximum likelihood and bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo based phylogenetic analyses. Based on an uncorrelated, lognormal relaxed clock of env gene evolution calibrated with other datasets, the time since the most recent common ancestor is estimated as 2.86 years prior to transmission (95% confidence interval 1.28 to 4.54 years). CONCLUSION: Our results show that an effective design for a preventative vaccine will need to anticipate extensive HIV-1 diversity within an individual donor as well as diversity at the population level.
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spelling oxford-uuid:e8a25092-4a16-4988-88a7-2ca7a813ac6b2022-03-27T10:48:15ZPhylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of HIV-1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e8a25092-4a16-4988-88a7-2ca7a813ac6bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011English, SKatzourakis, ABonsall, DFlanagan, PDuda, AFidler, SWeber, JMcClure, MPhillips, RFrater, JBACKGROUND: To combat the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1), a successful vaccine will need to cope with the variability of transmissible viruses. Human hosts infected with HIV-1 potentially harbour many viral variants but very little is known about viruses that are likely to be transmitted, or even if there are viral characteristics that predict enhanced transmission in vivo. We show for the first time that genetic divergence consistent with a single transmission event in vivo can represent several years of pre-transmission evolution. RESULTS: We describe a highly unusual case consistent with a single donor transmitting highly related but distinct HIV-1 variants to two individuals on the same evening. We confirm that the clustering of viral genetic sequences, present within each recipient, is consistent with the history of a single donor across the viral env, gag and pol genes by maximum likelihood and bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo based phylogenetic analyses. Based on an uncorrelated, lognormal relaxed clock of env gene evolution calibrated with other datasets, the time since the most recent common ancestor is estimated as 2.86 years prior to transmission (95% confidence interval 1.28 to 4.54 years). CONCLUSION: Our results show that an effective design for a preventative vaccine will need to anticipate extensive HIV-1 diversity within an individual donor as well as diversity at the population level.
spellingShingle English, S
Katzourakis, A
Bonsall, D
Flanagan, P
Duda, A
Fidler, S
Weber, J
McClure, M
Phillips, R
Frater, J
Phylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of HIV-1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants.
title Phylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of HIV-1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants.
title_full Phylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of HIV-1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants.
title_fullStr Phylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of HIV-1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants.
title_full_unstemmed Phylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of HIV-1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants.
title_short Phylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of HIV-1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants.
title_sort phylogenetic analysis consistent with a clinical history of sexual transmission of hiv 1 from a single donor reveals transmission of highly distinct variants
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