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Survey of Pretreatment HIV Drug Resistance and Genetic Transmission Network Analysis Among HIV Patients in a High Drug-Use Area of Southwest China

Author(s): Lei Liu, Aobo Dong, Lingjie Liao, Yi Feng, Yiming Shao, Shu Liang, Yuhua Ruan* and Hui Xing*

Volume 17, Issue 6, 2019

Page: [441 - 451] Pages: 11

DOI: 10.2174/1570162X17666191128101426

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Abstract

Background: Pretreatment drug resistance (PDR) poses an increasing threat to the success of antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs in China. We aimed to conduct a survey of PDR among HIV patients in an area in Southwest China with extensive drug trafficking.

Methods: Consecutive cross-sectional surveys were conducted in Liangshan Prefecture of Sichuan Province from 2009 to 2018 based on the WHO-recommended method. PDR was identified by testing pol region sequences with the Stanford HIVdb algorithm (version 7.0). PDR prevalence and related factors were assessed by multivariable logistic regression. The transmission of HIV drug resistance was analyzed using a genetic transmission network.

Results: HIV-1 pol genes from 1889 patients were successfully amplified. The distribution of HIV- 1 genotypes was as follows: CRF07_BC (94.0%), CRF08_BC (2.3%), CRF01_AE (2.0%) and others (1.4%). Of the participants, 6.9% (95% CI: 4.1-8.1%) had pretreatment resistance to 12 antiretroviral drugs recommended by the WHO, and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI), non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) and protease inhibitors (PI) resistance were identified among 1.4% (95% CI: 0.7-3.4%), 5.8% (95% CI: 1.2-8.7%) and 0.4% (95% CI: 0.1- 3.0%) of the patients, respectively. In the multivariate logistic model, the prevalence of PDR was 1.52-fold higher among intravenous drug users (IDUs) than among patients infected by heterosexual transmission (95% CI: 1.07-2.38; P=0.049), and the prevalence of PDR among patients diagnosed from 2017-2018 was 2.03-fold higher than that among patients diagnosed from 2009-2016 (95% CI: 1.18-5.76; P=0.018). A total of 26 clusters containing PDR and a rapidly growing drug resistancerelated cluster containing the E138Q and V179D mutations were identified by genetic transmission network analysis.

Conclusion: The results show a moderate overall level of PDR prevalence and rapidly growing drug resistance over time. Preventive intervention should be focused on controlling the HIV epidemic among drug users, and surveillance is urgently needed to monitor the trend of PDR.

Keywords: HIV, pretreatment drug resistance, transmission, genetic transmission network, cluster, prevention.

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