OBJECTIVE: To examine the epidemiological factors influencing the distribution and spread of HIV-1 subtypes among heterosexuals in the Netherlands. METHOD: A nationwide serosurveillance in 21 HIV/AIDS centres from 1997 to 1999 involved 200 individuals for whom the mode of HIV transmission was heterosexual contact or unknown. HIV-1 subtypes were determined by phylogenetic analysis of env V3 sequences and correlated with sociodemographic characteristics of the subjects and their sexual partners. RESULTS: HIV-1 subtype B infection occurred in 121 subjects (60%). Non-B subtypes were identified in 31 (A), 24 (C), 10 (D), six (E), four (F) and three (G) individuals; one had an unclassified subtype. The proportion of subtype B was about 60% in four of the six regions of the Netherlands, but in the Northwest and Southwest regions these proportions were 76% and 46%, respectively. The Surinamese and Antilleans, large immigrant groups, were all infected with subtype B, as were almost all individuals with an unknown source. The proportions of non-B viruses did not change significantly over time in Amsterdam, where subtyping was available from 1988 onward, but a shift in the various subtype B strains was observed, suggesting introductions of new subtype B strains in Amsterdam. CONCLUSION: To date, HIV-1 non-B subtypes in the Netherlands are still found predominantly among heterosexuals with an epidemiological link with sub-Saharan Africa. Despite continuing introductions of non-B subtypes, the B/non-B distribution has been stable over time, most likely as a result of introductions of subtype B strains from Caribbean and South American countries.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the epidemiological factors influencing the distribution and spread of HIV-1 subtypes among heterosexuals in the Netherlands. METHOD: A nationwide serosurveillance in 21 HIV/AIDS centres from 1997 to 1999 involved 200 individuals for whom the mode of HIV transmission was heterosexual contact or unknown. HIV-1 subtypes were determined by phylogenetic analysis of env V3 sequences and correlated with sociodemographic characteristics of the subjects and their sexual partners. RESULTS:HIV-1 subtype B infection occurred in 121 subjects (60%). Non-B subtypes were identified in 31 (A), 24 (C), 10 (D), six (E), four (F) and three (G) individuals; one had an unclassified subtype. The proportion of subtype B was about 60% in four of the six regions of the Netherlands, but in the Northwest and Southwest regions these proportions were 76% and 46%, respectively. The Surinamese and Antilleans, large immigrant groups, were all infected with subtype B, as were almost all individuals with an unknown source. The proportions of non-B viruses did not change significantly over time in Amsterdam, where subtyping was available from 1988 onward, but a shift in the various subtype B strains was observed, suggesting introductions of new subtype B strains in Amsterdam. CONCLUSION: To date, HIV-1 non-B subtypes in the Netherlands are still found predominantly among heterosexuals with an epidemiological link with sub-Saharan Africa. Despite continuing introductions of non-B subtypes, the B/non-B distribution has been stable over time, most likely as a result of introductions of subtype B strains from Caribbean and South American countries.
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