Frontiers in Public Health (Jul 2023)

Global associations of key populations with HIV-1 recombinants: a systematic review, global survey, and individual participant data meta-analysis

  • Nkazi Nchinda,
  • Ramyiadarsini Elangovan,
  • Jason Yun,
  • Leslie Dickson-Tetteh,
  • Shona Kirtley,
  • Joris Hemelaar,
  • WHO-UNAIDS Network for HIV Isolation and Characterisation,
  • Alash'le G. Abimiku,
  • Simon Agwale,
  • Chris Archibald,
  • Boaz Avidor,
  • Barbás María Gabriela,
  • Francoise Barre-Sinoussi,
  • Banson Barugahare,
  • El Hadj Belabbes,
  • Silvia Bertagnolio,
  • Deborah Birx,
  • Aleksei F. Bobkov,
  • James Brandful,
  • Helba Bredell,
  • Catherine A. Brennan,
  • James Brooks,
  • Marie Bruckova,
  • Luigi Buonaguro,
  • Franco Buonaguro,
  • Stefano Buttò,
  • Anne Buve,
  • Mary Campbell,
  • Jean Carr,
  • Alex Carrera,
  • Manuel Gómez Carrillo,
  • Connie Celum,
  • Beth Chaplin,
  • Macarthur Charles,
  • Dimitrios Chatzidimitriou,
  • Zhiwei Chen,
  • Katsumi Chijiwa,
  • David Cooper,
  • Philip Cunningham,
  • Anoumou Dagnra,
  • Cillian F. de Gascun,
  • Julia Del Amo,
  • Elena Delgado,
  • Ursula Dietrich,
  • Dominic Dwyer,
  • Dennis Ellenberger,
  • Barbara Ensoli,
  • Max Essex,
  • Herve Fleury,
  • Peter N. Fonjungo,
  • Vincent Foulongne,
  • Deepak A. Gadkari,
  • Feng Gao,
  • Federico García,
  • Roger Garsia,
  • Guy Michel Gershy-Damet,
  • Judith R. Glynn,
  • Ruth Goodall,
  • Zehava Grossman,
  • Monick Lindenmeyer Guimarães,
  • Beatrice Hahn,
  • Raph L. Hamers,
  • Osamah Hamouda,
  • Ray Handema,
  • Xiang He,
  • Joshua Herbeck,
  • David D. Ho,
  • Africa Holguin,
  • Mina Hosseinipour,
  • Gillian Hunt,
  • Masahiko Ito,
  • Mohamed Ali Bel Hadj Kacem,
  • Erin Kahle,
  • Pontiano Kaleebu,
  • Marcia Kalish,
  • Adeeba Kamarulzaman,
  • Chun Kang,
  • Phyllis Kanki,
  • Edward Karamov,
  • Jean-Claude Karasi,
  • Kayitesi Kayitenkore,
  • Tony Kelleher,
  • Dwip Kitayaporn,
  • Leondios G. Kostrikis,
  • Claudia Kucherer,
  • Claudia Lara,
  • Thomas Leitner,
  • Kirsi Liitsola,
  • Jai Lingappa,
  • Marek Linka,
  • Ivette Lorenzana de Rivera,
  • Vladimir Lukashov,
  • Shlomo Maayan,
  • Luzia Mayr,
  • Francine McCutchan,
  • Nicolas Meda,
  • Elisabeth Menu,
  • Fred Mhalu,
  • Doreen Mloka,
  • John L. Mokili,
  • Brigitte Montes,
  • Orna Mor,
  • Mariza Morgado,
  • Fausta Mosha,
  • Awatef Moussi,
  • James Mullins,
  • Rafael Najera,
  • Mejda Nasr,
  • Nicaise Ndembi,
  • Joel R. Neilson,
  • Vivek R. Nerurkar,
  • Florian Neuhann,
  • Claudine Nolte,
  • Vlad Novitsky,
  • Philippe Nyambi,
  • Marianna Ofner,
  • Fem J. Paladin,
  • Anna Papa,
  • Jean Pape,
  • Neil Parkin,
  • Chris Parry,
  • Martine Peeters,
  • Alexandra Pelletier,
  • Lucía Pérez-Álvarez,
  • Deenan Pillay,
  • Angie Pinto,
  • Trinh Duy Quang,
  • Cecilia Rademeyer,
  • Filimone Raikanikoda,
  • Mark A. Rayfield,
  • Jean-Marc Reynes,
  • Tobias Rinke de Wit,
  • Kenneth E. Robbins,
  • Morgane Rolland,
  • Christine Rousseau,
  • Jesus Salazar-Gonzales,
  • Hanan Salem,
  • Mika Salminen,
  • Horacio Salomon,
  • Paul Sandstrom,
  • Mario L. Santiago,
  • Abdoulaye D. Sarr,
  • Bryan Schroeder,
  • Michel Segondy,
  • Philippe Selhorst,
  • Sylvester Sempala,
  • Jean Servais,
  • Ansari Shaik,
  • Yiming Shao,
  • Amine Slim,
  • Marcelo A. Soares,
  • Elijah Songok,
  • Debbie Stewart,
  • Julie Stokes,
  • Shambavi Subbarao,
  • Ruengpung Sutthent,
  • Jun Takehisa,
  • Amilcar Tanuri,
  • Kok Keng Tee,
  • Kiran Thapa,
  • Michael Thomson,
  • Tyna Tran,
  • Willy Urassa,
  • Hiroshi Ushijima,
  • Philippe van de Perre,
  • Guido van der Groen,
  • Kristel van Laethem,
  • Joep van Oosterhout,
  • Ard van Sighem,
  • Eric van Wijngaerden,
  • Anne-Mieke Vandamme,
  • Jurgen Vercauteren,
  • Nicole Vidal,
  • Lesley Wallace,
  • Carolyn Williamson,
  • Dawit Wolday,
  • Jianqing Xu,
  • Chunfu Yang,
  • Linqi Zhang,
  • Rong Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1153638
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

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IntroductionGlobal HIV infections due to HIV-1 recombinants are increasing and impede prevention and treatment efforts. Key populations suffer most new HIV infections, but their role in the spread of HIV-1 recombinants is unknown. We conducted a global analysis of the associations between key populations and HIV-1 recombinants.MethodsWe searched PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Global Health for HIV-1 subtyping studies published from 1/1/1990 to 31/12/2015. Unpublished data was collected through a global survey. We included studies with HIV-1 subtyping data of key populations collected during 1990-2015. Key populations assessed were heterosexual people (HET), men who have sex with men (MSM), people who inject drugs (PWID), vertical transmissions (VERT), commercial sex workers (CSW), and transfusion-associated infections (BLOOD). Logistic regression was used to determine associations of key populations with HIV-1 recombinants. Subgroup analyses were performed for circulating recombinant forms (CRFs), unique recombinant forms (URFs), regions, and time periods.ResultsEight hundred and eighty five datasets including 77,284 participants from 83 countries were included. Globally, PWID were associated with the greatest odds of recombinants and CRFs (OR 2.6 [95% CI 2.46–2.74] and 2.99 [2.83–3.16]), compared to HET. CSW were associated with increased odds of recombinants and URFs (1.59 [1.44–1.75] and 3.61 [3.15–4.13]). VERT and BLOOD were associated with decreased odds of recombinants (0.58 [0.54–0.63] and 0.43 [0.33–0.56]). MSM were associated with increased odds of recombinants in 2010–2015 (1.43 [1.35–1.51]). Subgroup analyses supported our main findings.DiscussionAs PWID, CSW, and MSM are associated with HIV-1 recombinants, increased preventative measures and HIV-1 molecular surveillance are crucial within these key populations.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO [CRD42017067164].

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