Tracking a century of global expansion and evolution of HIV to drive understanding and to combat disease

DM Tebit, EJ Arts - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2011 - thelancet.com
Since the isolation of HIV, multiple transmissions are thought to have occurred between man
and other old-world primates. Assessment of samples from apes and human beings with …

Development of antiretroviral drug resistance

MA Wainberg, GJ Zaharatos… - New England Journal of …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Analysis of HIV drug resistance has identified sites on HIV target genes that convey
resistance to particular classes of agents. These data may be especially important in …

Is HIV-1 evolving to a less virulent form in humans?

KK Ariën, G Vanham, EJ Arts - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
During the rapid spread of HIV-1 in humans, the main (M) group of HIV-1 has evolved into
ten distinct subtypes, undergone countless recombination events and diversified …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 variants in the global AIDS pandemic: an update

MM Thomson, R Nájera - AIDS Rev, 2005 - researchgate.net
The picture of HIV-1 genetic diversity in the global pandemic continues to evolve.
Identification of new variants, including circulating and unique recombinant forms …

[HTML][HTML] Current trends of HIV recombination worldwide

KA Lau, JJL Wong - Infectious disease reports, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
One of the major characteristics of HIV-1 is its high genetic variability and extensive
heterogeneity. This characteristic is due to its molecular traits, which in turn allows it to vary …

HIV genetic diversity: biological and public health consequences

IF Butler, I Pandrea, PA Marx, C Apetrei - Current HIV research, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
The devastating consequences of AIDS pandemic will probably only be controlled when a
vaccine is developed that is safe, effective, affordable, and simple enough to permit …

HIV genetic diversity and drug resistance

AF Santos, MA Soares - Viruses, 2010 - mdpi.com
Most of the current knowledge on antiretroviral (ARV) drug development and resistance is
based on the study of subtype B of HIV-1, which only accounts for 10% of the worldwide HIV …

[PDF][PDF] HIV diversity, recombination and disease progression: how does fitness “fit” into the puzzle

DM Tebit, I Nankya, EJ Arts, Y Gao - Aids Rev, 2007 - researchgate.net
HIV appears to have diverged into several lineages upon multiple zoonotic introductions
from the nonhuman primates. The HIV-2 and HIV-1 groups M, N, and O likely represent …

CCR5-and CXCR4-tropic subtype C human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates have a lower level of pathogenic fitness than other dominant group M subtypes …

A Abraha, IL Nankya, R Gibson, K Demers… - Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype C is the dominant subtype globally,
due largely to the incidence of subtype C infections in sub-Saharan Africa and east Asia. We …

The impact of HIV genetic polymorphisms and subtype differences on the occurrence of resistance to antiretroviral drugs

MA Wainberg, BG Brenner - Molecular biology international, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The vast majority of reports on drug resistance deal with subtype B infections in developed
countries, and this is largely due to historical delays in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) …