Makerere’s contribution to the development of a high impact HIV research population-based cohort in the Rakai Region, Uganda

Kankaka, Edward Nelson; Nalugoda, Fred; Serwadda, David; Makumbi, Fredrick; Wawer, Maria J.; Gray, Ronald H.; Quinn, Thomas C.; Reynolds, Steven J.; Nakigozi, Gertrude; Lutalo, Tom; Kigozi, Godfrey; Sewankambo, Nelson; Kagaayi, Joseph

doi:10.4314/ahs.v22i2.7s

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“…This study was nested in two established cohorts in Rakai, Uganda: the Rakai LVR cohort ( Prodger et al. 2017 ) and the Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS) ( Kankaka et al. 2022 ).…”

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Dating reservoir formation in virologically suppressed people living with HIV-1 in Rakai, Uganda

et al. 2023

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The timing of the establishment of the HIV latent viral reservoir (LVR) is of particular interest, as there is evidence that proviruses are preferentially archived at the time of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. Quantitative viral outgrowth assays (QVOAs) were performed using Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) collected from Ugandans living with HIV who were virally suppressed on ART for >1 year, had known seroconversion windows, and at least two archived ART-naïve plasma samples. QVOA outgrowth populations and pre-ART plasma samples were deep sequenced for the pol and gp41 genes. The bayroot program was used to estimate the date that each outgrowth virus was incorporated into the reservoir. Bayroot was also applied to previously published data from a South African cohort. In the Ugandan cohort (n = 11), 87.9 per cent pre-ART and 56.3 per cent viral outgrowth sequences were unique. Integration dates were estimated to be relatively evenly distributed throughout viremia in 9/11 participants. In contrast, sequences from the South African cohort (n = 9) were more commonly estimated to have entered the LVR close to ART initiation, as previously reported. Timing of LVR establishment is variable between populations and potentially viral subtypes, which could limit the effectiveness of interventions that target the LVR only at ART initiation.

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“…This study was nested in two established cohorts in Rakai, Uganda: the Rakai LVR cohort ( Prodger et al. 2017 ) and the Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS) ( Kankaka et al. 2022 ).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%