Characterization of drug resistance and the defective HIV reservoir in virally suppressed vertically infected children in Mali

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BACKGROUND: In the perspective of ART-free HIV remission, vertically infected children treated with suppressive ART from early infancy represent an optimal population model to better understand the genetic complexity of the reservoir.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the proportion of defective viral population and the genotypic resistance patterns in cell-associated HIV DNA.

METHODS: In a cohort including 93 ART-treated vertically HIV-infected (VHIV) children in Mali with plasma HIV-1 RNA ≤50 copies/mL for at least 6 months, we studied total HIV DNA, percentage of defective genomes and resistance by reverse transcriptase and protease bulk sequencing from whole blood in dried blood spots.

RESULTS: Children had a median age of 9.9 years at the time of inclusion (IQR = 7.6-13.4) and 3.3 years (IQR = 2-7) at ART initiation; median ART duration was 5.5 years (IQR = 3.7-7.3). The median level of total HIV DNA was 470 copies/106 cells with one patient presenting undetectable HIV DNA (<66 copies/106 cells). We observed the presence of at least one stop codon in viruses from 34 patients (37%). The presence of stop codons was not correlated with the level of HIV DNA or duration of ART. We showed a high prevalence of HIV-1 resistance in DNA with 26% of children harbouring virus resistant to at least one NRTI and 40% to at least one NNRTI.

CONCLUSIONS: While these VHIV children were successfully treated for a long time, they showed high prevalence of resistance in HIV DNA and a moderate defective HIV reservoir.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

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The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 75(2020), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 1272-1279

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brice, Josephine [VerfasserIn]
Sylla, Mariam [VerfasserIn]
Desire, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Sayon, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Telly, Fatoumata [VerfasserIn]
Bocar-Fofana, Djeneba [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Peytavin, Gilles [VerfasserIn]
Diallo, Souleymane [VerfasserIn]
Nastouli, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Calvez, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Marcelin, Anne-Geneviève [VerfasserIn]
Maiga, Almoustapha Issiaka [VerfasserIn]
Lambert-Niclot, Sidonie [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-HIV Agents
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.06.2021

Date Revised 24.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jac/dkaa002

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NLM306675358