Abstract
In Pakistan, the genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is becoming increasingly complex, compared to the early years of the epidemic that started after the detection of the first cases of HIV-1 in 1987 in Karachi. Based on the available molecular studies, two dominant HIV-1 clades, sub-subtype A1 and CRF02_AG, have been found to co-circulate with other clades, namely B, C, D, G, CRF01_AE, CRF35_A1D, and CRF56_cpx, in various urban areas of Pakistan. Several novel recombinant forms have also been detected. This first report of CRF152_DG highlights the complex nature of the HIV epidemic in Pakistan and emphasizes the importance of continual molecular surveillance (ideally based on whole-genome sequences) of HIV.
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