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Objective: To analyze the molecular epidemiological characteristic of HIV-1 B'/C strains prevalent in Beijing. Methods: Plasma samples were collected from 200 newly diagnosed HTV-1 B'/C individuals reported during 2006 to 2010 in Beijing. The gag gene fragments were amplified from RNA template extracted from plasma with reverse transcription (RT) and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR). And the sequences were analyzed by phylogenetic methods and Entropy analysis. Results: A total of 159 sequences were successfully amplified from the gag genes of which 147 was CRF07_BC and 12 CRF08_BC. There were 3 main subclusters in CRF07_BC phylogenetic tree and they were named as subcluster IDU-Vlax (89 sequences), subcluster IDU-Min (22 sequences) and subcluster MSM (34 sequences) based on transmission. No international reference strain was closely related with these three subclusters except ior one strain identified in Taiwan. All CRF07_BC recombinant strains were remarkable for their low interpalient diversity in gag genes (3.7%, 3.3% and 2.0% for isolates from IDU-Max, IDU-Min and MSM respectively). When compared with subcluster IDU-Max, there were 32 and 41 significantly different sites of nucleotide polymorphism compositions in subclusers IDU-Min and MSM. Conclusion: This is the first report of describing the existence of three main epidemic subclusters in CRF07_BC strains prevalent in Beijing. And IDU-Max subcluster is the dominant strain. The CRF07_BC in Beijing are less diverse than other strains and may be derived from a common ancestor. Copyright © 2013 by the Chinese Medical Association.
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National Medical Journal of China
ISSN: 0376-2491
Year: 2013
Issue: 29
Volume: 93
Page: 2301-2304
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