| Author | Queiroz, Artur Trancoso Lopo de | |
| Author | Miranda, Aline Cristina Andrade Mota | |
| Author | Oliveira, Tulio de | |
| Author | Moreau, Domingos Ramon | |
| Author | Urpia, Caroline de Carvalho | |
| Author | Carvalho, Chandra Mara | |
| Author | Castro Filho, Bernardo Galvão | |
| Author | Alcantara, Luiz Carlos Júnior | |
| Access date | 2011-08-21T00:43:58Z | |
| Available date | 2011-08-21T00:43:58Z | |
| Document date | 2007 | |
| Citation | QUEIROZ, A. T. L. et al. Re-mapping the molecular features of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Brazilian sequences using a bioinformatics unit established in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to give support to the viral epidemiology studies. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v. 102, n. 2, p. 133-139, May 2007. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0074-0276 | |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/2806 | |
| Sponsorship | Fapesp, PN-DST/AIDS | pt_BR |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Title | Re-mapping the molecular features of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Brazilian sequences using a bioinformatics unit established in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to give support to the viral epidemiology studies | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | pt_BR |
| Abstract | The analysis of genetic data for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is essential to improve treatment and public health strategies as well as to select strains for vaccine programs. However, the analysis of large quantities of genetic data requires collaborative efforts in bioinformatics, computer biology, molecular biology, evolution, and medical science. The objective of this study was to review and improve the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 and HTLV-1 viruses isolated in Brazil using bioinformatic tools available in the Laboratório Avançado de Sáude Pública (Lasp) bioinformatics unit. The analysis of HIV-1 isolates confirmed a heterogeneous distribution of the viral genotypes circulating in the country. The Brazilian HIV-1 epidemic is characterized by the presence of multiple subtypes (B, F1, C) and B/F1 recombinant virus while, on the other hand, most of the HTLV-1 sequences were classified as Transcontinental subgroup of the Cosmopolitan subtype. Despite the high variation among HIV-1 subtypes, protein glycosylation and phosphorylation domains were conserved in the pol, gag, and env genes of the Brazilian HIV-1 strains suggesting constraints in the HIV-1 evolution process. As expected, the functional protein sites were highly conservative in the HTLV-1 env gene sequences. Furthermore, the presence of these functional sites in HIV-1 and HTLV-1 strains could help in the development of vaccines that pre-empt the viral escape process | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação para o Desenvolvimento das Ciências. Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação para o Desenvolvimento das Ciências. Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Oxford University. Zoology Department. Oxford, United Kingdom | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação para o Desenvolvimento das Ciências. Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Subject | Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 | pt_BR |
| Subject | Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 | pt_BR |
| Subject | Bioinformatics | pt_BR |
| Subject | Molecular epidemiology | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Biologia Computacional | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Virus Linfotrópico de Células T Humanas Tipo 1 | pt_BR |
| DeCS | HIV-1 | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Sequência de Aminoácidos | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Epidemiologia Molecular | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Fosforilação | pt_BR |
