High Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Drug Resistance Mutations to Lamivudine Among People with HIV/HBV Coinfection in Rural and Peri-Urban Communities in Botswana

(1) Background: We aimed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) resistance-associated mutations (RAMs) in people with HBV and human immunodeficiency virus (HBV/HIV) in Botswana. (2) Methods: We sequenced HBV from participants with HBV/HIV from the Botswana Combination Prevention Project study (2013-2018) using the Oxford Nanopore GridION platform. Consensus sequences were analyzed for genotypic and mutational profiles. (3) Results: Overall, 98 HBV sequences had evaluable reverse transcriptase region coverage. The median participant age was 43 years (IQR: 37, 49) and 66/98 (67.4%) were female. Most participants, 85/97 (87.6%) had suppressed HIV viral load (VL). HBV RAMs were identified in 61/98 (62.2%) participants. Most RAMs were in positions 204 (60.3%), 180 (50.5%) and 173 (33.3%), mostly associated with lamivudine resistance. The triple mutations, rtM204V/L180M/V173L and was the most predominant (17/61 [27.9%]). Most participants (96.7%) with RAMs were on antiretroviral therapy for a median duration of 7.5 years (IQR: 4.8, 10.5). Approximately 27.9% (17/61) of participants with RAMs had undetectable HBV VL, 50.8% (31/61) had VL <2000IU/mL and 13/61 (21.3%) had VL ≥2000 IU/mL. (4) Conclusions: The high prevalence of lamivudine RAMs discourages the use of ART regimens with 3TC as the only HBV-active drug in people with HIV/HBV..

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Preprint

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2024

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2024

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Preprints.org - (2024) vom: 18. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Englisch

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Phinius, Bonolo B. [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Motswedi [VerfasserIn]
Gobe, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Mokomane, Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Choga, Wonderful T. [VerfasserIn]
Mokomane, Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Choga, Wonderful T. [VerfasserIn]
Mpebe, Gorata [VerfasserIn]
Makhema, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Shapiro, Roger [VerfasserIn]
Lockman, Shahin [VerfasserIn]
Musonda, Rosemary [VerfasserIn]
Moyo, Sikhulile [VerfasserIn]
Gaseitsiwe, Simani [VerfasserIn]

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10.20944/preprints202403.0750.v1

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