2015
Deep sequencing of HIV-1 variants from paired plasma and cerebrospinal fluid during primary HIV infection
Gega A, Kozal MJ, Chiarella J, Lee E, Peterson J, Hecht FM, Liegler T, St John EP, Simen BB, Price RW, Spudich SS. Deep sequencing of HIV-1 variants from paired plasma and cerebrospinal fluid during primary HIV infection. Journal Of Virus Eradication 2015, 1: 264-268. PMID: 26855971, PMCID: PMC4743659, DOI: 10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30926-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary HIV infectionHIV RNA levelsCopies/mLHIV infectionCerebrospinal fluidCSF samplesAge 32 yearsDrug resistance patternsHIV-1 variantsCSF HIVHIV plasmaHigh mutational loadMutational loadDays postDeep sequencingInfectionPilot studyLow-abundance variantsResistance variantsCells/Plasma samplesViral quasispeciesLimited dataMale participantsQuasispecies
2014
Low-Frequency NNRTI-Resistant HIV-1 Variants and Relationship to Mutational Load in Antiretroviral-Naïve Subjects
Gupta S, Lataillade M, Kyriakides TC, Chiarella J, St. John EP, Webb S, Moreno EA, Simen BB, Kozal MJ. Low-Frequency NNRTI-Resistant HIV-1 Variants and Relationship to Mutational Load in Antiretroviral-Naïve Subjects. Viruses 2014, 6: 3428-3437. PMID: 25256391, PMCID: PMC4189030, DOI: 10.3390/v6093428.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNNRTI resistance mutationsMajor NNRTI-resistance mutationsResistance mutationsAntiretroviral-naïve subjectsARV-naïve HIVMajor NNRTI mutationsNNRTI-resistant variantsTreatment-naïve HIVHIV-1 variantsNon-nucleoside reverseMutational loadNaïve HIVNNRTI mutationsNNRTI resistanceVariant frequencyTrue burdenTherapeutic failureTreatment outcomesTreatment responseAa positionsHIVViral variantsFurther evaluationResistant variantsDeep sequencing
2011
Prevalence of Low-Level HIV-1 Variants with Reverse Transcriptase Mutation K65R and the Effect of Antiretroviral Drug Exposure on Variant Levels
Kozal MJ, Chiarella J, St John EP, Moreno EA, Simen BB, Arnold TE, Lataillade M. Prevalence of Low-Level HIV-1 Variants with Reverse Transcriptase Mutation K65R and the Effect of Antiretroviral Drug Exposure on Variant Levels. Antiviral Therapy 2011, 16: 925-929. PMID: 21900725, DOI: 10.3851/imp1851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-naive individualsDifferent HIV-1 subtypesARV-naive subjectsHIV-1 subtypesAntiretroviral exposureViral loadSubtype CUltra-deep sequencingReverse Transcriptase Mutation K65RRitonavir-boosted protease inhibitorHIV-1 subtype CResistant variantsAntiretroviral drug exposurePlasma viral loadTreatment-naive subjectsLow-level variantsPre-therapy levelsHIV-1 variantsDrug resistance mutationsMutation K65RVirological failureSubtype BDrug exposureMutational loadHigh mutation load