Frontiers in Microbiology (Apr 2022)

HIV-1-Transmitted Drug Resistance and Transmission Clusters in Newly Diagnosed Patients in Portugal Between 2014 and 2019

  • Marta Pingarilho,
  • Victor Pimentel,
  • Mafalda N. S. Miranda,
  • Ana Rita Silva,
  • António Diniz,
  • Bianca Branco Ascenção,
  • Carmela Piñeiro,
  • Carmo Koch,
  • Catarina Rodrigues,
  • Cátia Caldas,
  • Célia Morais,
  • Domitília Faria,
  • Elisabete Gomes da Silva,
  • Eugénio Teófilo,
  • Fátima Monteiro,
  • Fausto Roxo,
  • Fernando Maltez,
  • Fernando Rodrigues,
  • Guilhermina Gaião,
  • Helena Ramos,
  • Inês Costa,
  • Isabel Germano,
  • Joana Simões,
  • Joaquim Oliveira,
  • José Ferreira,
  • José Poças,
  • José Saraiva da Cunha,
  • Jorge Soares,
  • Júlia Henriques,
  • Kamal Mansinho,
  • Liliana Pedro,
  • Maria João Aleixo,
  • Maria João Gonçalves,
  • Maria José Manata,
  • Margarida Mouro,
  • Margarida Serrado,
  • Micaela Caixeiro,
  • Nuno Marques,
  • Olga Costa,
  • Patrícia Pacheco,
  • Paula Proença,
  • Paulo Rodrigues,
  • Raquel Pinho,
  • Raquel Tavares,
  • Ricardo Correia de Abreu,
  • Rita Côrte-Real,
  • Rosário Serrão,
  • Rui Sarmento e Castro,
  • Sofia Nunes,
  • Telo Faria,
  • Teresa Baptista,
  • Maria Rosário O. Martins,
  • Perpétua Gomes,
  • Perpétua Gomes,
  • Luís Mendão,
  • Daniel Simões,
  • Ana Abecasis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.823208
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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ObjectiveTo describe and analyze transmitted drug resistance (TDR) between 2014 and 2019 in newly infected patients with HIV-1 in Portugal and to characterize its transmission networks.MethodsClinical, socioepidemiological, and risk behavior data were collected from 820 newly diagnosed patients in Portugal between September 2014 and December 2019. The sequences obtained from drug resistance testing were used for subtyping, TDR determination, and transmission cluster (TC) analyses.ResultsIn Portugal, the overall prevalence of TDR between 2014 and 2019 was 11.0%. TDR presented a decreasing trend from 16.7% in 2014 to 9.2% in 2016 (pfor–trend = 0.114). Multivariate analysis indicated that TDR was significantly associated with transmission route (MSM presented a lower probability of presenting TDR when compared to heterosexual contact) and with subtype (subtype C presented significantly more TDR when compared to subtype B). TC analysis corroborated that the heterosexual risk group presented a higher proportion of TDR in TCs when compared to MSMs. Among subtype A1, TDR reached 16.6% in heterosexuals, followed by 14.2% in patients infected with subtype B and 9.4% in patients infected with subtype G.ConclusionOur molecular epidemiology approach indicates that the HIV-1 epidemic in Portugal is changing among risk group populations, with heterosexuals showing increasing levels of HIV-1 transmission and TDR. Prevention measures for this subpopulation should be reinforced.

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