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Title: | Cross-border sexual transmission of the newly emerging HIV-1 clade CRF51-01B | Authors: | Cheong H.T. Ng K.T. Ong L.Y. Chook J.B. Chan K.G. Takebe Y. Kamarulzaman A. Tee K.K. |
Keywords: | glycoprotein gp 120 glycoprotein gp 41 Article cladistics controlled study gene sequence gp120 gene gp41 gene human Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection major clinical study Malaysia molecular epidemiology nonhuman nucleotide sequence phylogeny sequence analysis sexual transmission Singapore virus isolation virus recombination virus transmission Bayes theorem epidemiology genetics genotype Human immunodeficiency virus infection male male homosexuality molecular evolution Monte Carlo method probability retrospective study risk factor social class statistical model transmission Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Bayes Theorem Evolution, Molecular Genotype HIV Infections HIV-1 Homosexuality, Male Humans Likelihood Functions Malaysia Male Markov Chains Monte Carlo Method Phylogeny Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Singapore Social Class |
Issue Date: | 2014 | Citation: | Cheong H.T., Ng K.T., Ong L.Y., Chook J.B., Chan K.G., Takebe Y., Kamarulzaman A., Tee K.K. (2014). Cross-border sexual transmission of the newly emerging HIV-1 clade CRF51-01B. PLoS ONE 9 (10) : e111236. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111236 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | A novel HIV-1 recombinant clade (CRF51-01B) was recently identified among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Singapore. As cases of sexually transmitted HIV-1 infection increase concurrently in two socioeconomically intimate countries such as Malaysia and Singapore, cross transmission of HIV-1 between said countries is highly probable. In order to investigate the timeline for the emergence of HIV-1 CRF51-01B in Singapore and its possible introduction into Malaysia, 595 HIV-positive subjects recruited in Kuala Lumpur from 2008 to 2012 were screened. Phylogenetic relationship of 485 amplified polymerase gene sequences was determined through neighbour-joining method. Next, near-full length sequences were amplified for genomic sequences inferred to be CRF51-01B and subjected to further analysis implemented through Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling and maximum likelihood methods. Based on the near full length genomes, two isolates formed a phylogenetic cluster with CRF51-01B sequences of Singapore origin, sharing identical recombination structure. Spatial and temporal information from Bayesian MCMC coalescent and maximum likelihood analysis of the protease, gp120 and gp41 genes suggest that Singapore is probably the country of origin of CRF51-01B (as early as in the mid-1990s) and featured a Malaysian who acquired the infection through heterosexual contact as host for its ancestral lineages. CRF51-01B then spread rapidly among the MSM in Singapore and Malaysia. Although the importation of CRF51-01B from Singapore to Malaysia is supported by coalescence analysis, the narrow timeframe of the transmission event indicates a closely linked epidemic. Discrepancies in the estimated divergence times suggest that CRF51-01B may have arisen through multiple recombination events from more than one parental lineage. We report the cross transmission of a novel CRF51-01B lineage between countries that involved different sexual risk groups. Understanding the cross-border transmission of HIV-1 involving sexual networks is crucial for effective intervention strategies in the region. © 2014 Cheong et al. | Source Title: | PLoS ONE | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161764 | ISSN: | 19326203 | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0111236 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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