Challenges in the design of a T cell vaccine in the context of HIV-1 diversity

M Tongo, WA Burgers - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
The extraordinary variability of HIV-1 poses a major obstacle to vaccine development. The
effectiveness of a vaccine is likely to vary dramatically in different populations infected with …

High degree of HIV-1 group M (HIV-1M) genetic diversity within circulating recombinant forms: insight into the early events of HIV-1M evolution

M Tongo, JR Dorfman, DP Martin - Journal of virology, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The existence of various highly divergent HIV-1 lineages and of recombination-derived
sequence tracts of indeterminate origin within established circulating recombinant forms …

Anti-V3/glycan and anti-MPER neutralizing antibodies, but not anti-V2/glycan site antibodies, are strongly associated with greater anti-HIV-1 neutralization breadth …

RA Jacob, T Moyo, M Schomaker, F Abrahams… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The membrane-proximal external region (MPER), the V2/glycan site (initially defined by PG9
and PG16 antibodies), and the V3/glycans (initially defined by PGT121–128 antibodies) are …

HIV-1 integrase diversity and resistance-associated mutations and polymorphisms among integrase strand transfer inhibitor-naive HIV-1 patients from Cameroon

SG Mikasi, JO Gichana, C Van der Walt… - AIDS research and …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) has put forth recommendations for the use of
integrase (IN) strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) to be part of the first-line combination …

Predominance of CRF63_02A1 and multiple patterns of unique recombinant forms of CRF63_A1 among individuals with newly diagnosed HIV-1 infection in …

NM Gashnikova, DP Zyryanova, EM Astakhova… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
Kemerovo Oblast (KO) has had the highest rate of HIV spread in Russia since 2011. The aim
of this work was to study the genetic variation of HIV-1 in Kemerovo Oblast. Blood was …

Subtype classification of Iranian HIV-1 sequences registered in the HIV databases, 2006-2013

K Baesi, S Moallemi, M Farrokhi, SAS Alinaghi… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The rate of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in Iran has
increased dramatically in the past few years. While the earliest cases were among …

Unravelling the complicated evolutionary and dissemination history of HIV-1M subtype A lineages

M Tongo, GW Harkins, JR Dorfman, E Billings… - Virus …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Subtype A is one of the rare HIV-1 group M (HIV-1M) lineages that is both widely distributed
throughout the world and persists at high frequencies in the Congo Basin (CB), the site …

Phylogenetic evidence of extensive spatial mixing of diverse HIV-1 group M lineages within Cameroon but not between its neighbours

C Godwe, OH Goni, JE San, N Sonela… - Virus …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
From the perspective of developing relevant interventions for treating HIV and controlling its
spread, it is particularly important to comprehensively understand the underlying diversity of …

No detectable differences in Nef-mediated downregulation of HLA-I and CD4 molecules among HIV-1 group M lineages circulating in Cameroon, where the pandemic …

N Sonela, J Mann, C Godwe, OH Goni… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
HIV-1 group M (HIV-1M) lineages downregulate HLA-I and CD4 expression via their Nef
proteins. We hypothesized that these Nef functions may be partially responsible for the …

Structural Features and Genetic Diversity in Gag Gene of Rare HIV-1 Subtypes from the Democratic Republic of Congo

C Godwe, N Vidal, J Muwonga, C Butel… - AIDS Research and …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Type-1 HIV (HIV-1) group M (HIV-1M) genetic diversity is highest in the Congo Basin where
the epidemic ignited a century ago. HIV-1M has diversified into multiple subtypes, sub …