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dc.contributor.authorDONBRAYE, EMMANUEL
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T12:34:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-04T10:01:31Z
dc.date.available2019-02-25T12:34:16Z
dc.date.available2019-10-04T10:01:31Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.adhl.africa/handle/123456789/12397
dc.descriptionA Doctoral Degree Thesis in the Department of Virology submitted to the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeriaen_US
dc.description.abstractMolecular analyses of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have shown great genetic diversity among strains of the virus. The diversity has implications on efficiency of its transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, vaccine design, coreceptor usage, response to anti-retroviral therapy and development of drug resistance. The HIV epidemic in Nigeria is characterised by the presence of multiple strains of the virus and increasing resistance to some anti-retroviral drugs. This study was carried out to determine the circulating HIV-1 strains and their coreceptor usage patterns at a voluntary counseling and testing centre in Nigeria. Blood samples were collected from 85 consenting HIV-1 infected (40 seroconcondant couples and partners of 5 serodiscordant couples) anti-retroviral therapy-naive patients. They include 42 males and 43 females with median age of 37 years (range 18-58 years) who presented at a voluntary counselling and testing centre in the University College Hospital, lbadan. Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood using a commercial DNA extraction kit. The env C2-V3 region of HIV-1 from the genomic DNA extract was amplified by nested PCR using primers WT1and WT2, and KK₄₀ and KK₃₀ for the first and second rounds, respectively. Amplified DNA was directly sequenced in both forward and reverse directions, edited and analysed for phylogenetic relationships by ClustaW and Maximum Likelihood methods in a specialized software based on their nucleotide and amino acid sequences. The target region was successfully sequenced from 64 of the 85 patterns comprising, 23 of the 40 seroconcordant couples, 13 single partners of the remaining 17 seroconcordant couples and the 5 serodiscordant couples. Overall, 3.1%, 53.1%, 28.1%, 14.1% and 1.6% of the HIV-1 env C2-V3 nucleotide sequences were identified as subtype A, G, CRFO2_AG, CRF06_cpx, and CRF35_AD, respectively, with variation in subtype distribution. Eighteen of the 23 positive seroconcordant couples were infected with the same HIV.1 strain while the other five HIV-1 seroconcordant couples were infected with different HIV-1 strains indicating independent sources of infection of each spouse .The V3 loop region of the viruses had amino acid sequence conservation in the base positions 1-8 and 26-35 and tip regions and sequence variability, including mutations and deletions at positions 9-25. Most (76.5%) of the sequences lead the GPGQ crown motif while the GPGQ/L/R/K substitution was observed in 18.8%. The number of N-linked glycosylation sites ranged from 0 to 4 per env C2-V3 amino acid sequence with only 37.5% of the sequences having all four N-Iinked glycosylation sites. The CXCR4- tropic viruses known to be associated with the presence of multiple ammo acid mutations were predominant (68.8%) among the studied population. Ten percent of the CCR5-tropic viruses showed Maraviroc associated resistant mutations. There was evidence of circulation of HIV-1 CRF35_AD in Nigeria, and multiple circulation of HIV-1 subtypes, with the predominance of HIV-1G. The predominance of CXCR4 -tropic viruses and presence of primary resistance to Maraviroc in 10% of CCR5-tropic viruses suggest the need for further investigation prior to introduction of coreceptor inhibitors like Maraviroc for management of HIV infection in Nigeria.en_US
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dc.subjectHIV-1 strainsen_US
dc.subjectGenetic diversityen_US
dc.subjectC2-V3 regionen_US
dc.subjectCoreceptor usageen_US
dc.titleGENETIC DIVERSITY AND CORECEPTOR USAGE OF HIV-1 STRAINS AMONG INFECTED INDIVIDUALS PRESENTING AT A VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING CENTRE IN IBADAN, NIGERIAen_US
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