HIV-1 diversity considerations in the application of the Intact Proviral DNA Assay (IPDA)

The intact proviral DNA assay quantifies the genomically intact HIV reservoir, but assay failure due to HIV-1 polymorphism has been observed. Here, the authors report a 28% failure rate in a cohort of people with HIV-1, and note within-host HIV-1 diversity as a further challenge to IPDA accuracy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Natalie N. Kinloch, Yanqin Ren, Winiffer D. Conce Alberto, Winnie Dong, Pragya Khadka, Szu Han Huang, Talia M. Mota, Andrew Wilson, Aniqa Shahid, Don Kirkby, Marianne Harris, Colin Kovacs, Erika Benko, Mario A. Ostrowski, Perla M. Del Rio Estrada, Avery Wimpelberg, Christopher Cannon, W. David Hardy, Lynsay MacLaren, Harris Goldstein, Chanson J. Brumme, Guinevere Q. Lee, Rebecca M. Lynch, Zabrina L. Brumme, R. Brad Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20442-3