MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS–INFECTED INDIVIDUALS IN MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA

GLORIA I. SANCHEZ Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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CHRISTIAN T. BAUTISTA Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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LINDSAY EYZAGUIRRE Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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GLADYS CARRION Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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SONIA ARIAS Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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WARREN B. SATEREN Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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MONICA NEGRETE Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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SILVIA M. MONTANO Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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JOSE L. SANCHEZ Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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JEAN K. CARR Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; United States Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, San Vicente de Paul, Medellín, Colombia; United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru

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To study the molecular epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) strains in Medellín, Colombia, 115 HIV-1-positive individuals who were recruited from an HIV outpatient hospital (Universitario San Vicente de Paul) during the period from July 2001 to January 2002 were genotyped. All samples were analyzed by envelope heteroduplex mobility assay and found to be subtype B. Twenty-four samples were randomly selected for sequencing of the protease and the reverse transcriptase regions; all isolates were found to be subtype B. Phylogenetic analysis of seven nearly full-length genomes showed that all samples were subtype B. This study shows that the HIV epidemic in Colombia continues to be dominated by the subtype B virus. The predominance of subtype B genotypes of HIV-1 strains in Medellín resembles what is seen in the nearby countries of Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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Reprint requests: Jean K Carr, U.S. Military HIV Research Program and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., 1 Taft Court, Suite 250, Rockville, MD 20850, Telephone: 301-251-5033, Fax: 301-294-1898, E-mail: jcarr@hivresearch.org.
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