Full-length genome analysis of HIV-1 subtype C utilizing CXCR4 and intersubtype recombinants isolated in South Africa.

The HIV-1 epidemic in South Africa is largely due to subtype C viruses, which preferentially use CCR5 as a coreceptor for infection. We describe full-length genome sequences of two CXCR4-utilizing HIV-1 subtype C viruses and two intersubtype recombinants from South Africa. Three of the viruses (99ZACM4, 99ZACM9, and 99ZASW7) were isolated in 1999 from AIDS patients in Johannesburg, and a fourth virus (98ZADu178) was isolated in Durban in 1998 from an asymptomatic female sex worker. Isolates 99ZASW7 and 99ZACM9 from Johannesburg were subtype C throughout the genome, 99ZASW7 used the CXCR4 coreceptor, and 99ZACM9 used both CCR5 and CXCR4. Isolate 98ZADu178 from Durban was a novel recombinant between subsubtype A2 and subtype C. The third isolate from Johannesburg, 99ZACM4, was a complex, novel recombinant with multiple breakpoints and contained segments of subtypes A, C, D, G, and K. These results establish the presence of intersubtype recombinants in South Africa, indicating that ongoing surveillance for other subtypes and recombinants is necessary.

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