Affordable in-house antiretroviral drug resistance assay with good performance in non-subtype B HIV-1

The introduction of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in resource-poor settings is effective in suppressing HIV-1 replication and prolonging life of infected individuals. This has led to a demand for affordable HIV-1 drug resistance assays, since treatment failure due to development of drug resistance is...

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Published inJournal of virological methods Vol. 163; no. 2; pp. 505 - 508
Main Authors Wallis, Carole L., Papathanasopoulos, Maria A., Lakhi, Shabir, Karita, Etienne, Kamali, Anatoli, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Sanders, Eduard, Anzala, Omu, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Stevens, Gwynn, Wit, Tobias F. Rinke de, Stevens, Wendy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.02.2010
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Summary:The introduction of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in resource-poor settings is effective in suppressing HIV-1 replication and prolonging life of infected individuals. This has led to a demand for affordable HIV-1 drug resistance assays, since treatment failure due to development of drug resistance is common. This study developed and evaluated an affordable “in–house” genotyping assay to monitor HIV-1 drug resistance in Africa, particularly South Africa. An “in-house” assay using automated RNA extraction, and subtype C specific PCR and sequencing primers was developed and successfully evaluated 396 patient samples (viral load ranges 1000–1.6 million RNA copies/ml). The “in-house” assay was validated by comparing sequence data and drug resistance profiles from 90 patient and 10 external quality control samples to data from the ViroSeq™ HIV-1 Genotyping kit. The “in-house” assay was more efficient, amplifying all 100 samples, compared to 91 samples using Viroseq. The “in house” sequences were 99.2% homologous to the ViroSeq sequences, and identical drug resistance mutation profiles were observed in 96 samples. Furthermore, the “in-house” assay genotyped 260 of 295 samples from seven African sites, where 47% were non-subtype C. Overall, the newly validated “in-house” drug resistance assay is suited for use in Africa as it overcomes the obstacle of subtype diversity.
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ISSN:0166-0934
1879-0984
DOI:10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.11.011