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Phylogeographical footprint of colonial history in the global dispersal of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 group A.

  • Autores: Camacho RJ, de Sousa JD, Erasmus S, Faria NR, Goncalves MF, Goubau P, Hodges-Mameletzis I, Jallow S, Lemey P, Paolucci S, Pieniazek D, Rodés B, Ruelle J, Silva JC, Soriano V, Suchard MA, Taveira N, Treviño A, Vandamme AM, Xu L
  • Journal: Journal of General Virology
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Phylogeographical+footprint+of+colonial+history+in+the+global+dispersal+of+human+immunodeficiency+virus+type+2+group+A

Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) emerged in West Africa and has spread further to countries that share socio-historical ties with this region. However, viral origins and dispersal patterns at a global scale remain poorly understood. Here, we adopt a Bayesian phylogeographic approach to investigate the spatial dynamics of HIV-2 group A (HIV-2A) using a collection of 320 partial pol and 248 partial env sequences sampled throughout 19 countries worldwide.
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Enhanced heterosexual transmission hypothesis for the origin of pandemic HIV-1.

  • Autores: Alvarez C, de Sousa JD, Müller V, Vandamme AM
  • Journal: Viruses-Basel
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Enhanced+Heterosexual+Transmission+Hypothesis+for+the+Origin+of+Pandemic+HIV-1

HIV-1 M originated from SIVcpz endemic in chimpanzees from southeast Cameroon or neighboring areas, and it started to spread in the early 20th century. Here we examine the factors that may have contributed to simian-to-human transmission, local transmission between humans, and export to a city.
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High GUD incidence in the early 20 century created a particularly permissive time window for the origin and initial spread of epidemic HIV strains

  • Autores: de Sousa JD, Lemey P, Müller V, Vandamme AM
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=High+GUD+Incidence+in+the+Early+20(th)+Century+Created+a+Particularly+Permissive+Time+Window+for+the+Origin+and+Initial+Spread+of+Epidemic+HIV+Strains

The processes that permitted a few SIV strains to emerge epidemically as HIV groups remain elusive. Paradigmatic theories propose factors that may have facilitated adaptation to the human host (e.g., unsafe injections), none of which provide a coherent explanation for the timing, geographical origin, and scarcity of epidemic HIV strains.
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