A first case of protease codon 35 amino acid insertion in a HIV-1 subtype B sequence detected in the Bauru Region, State of São Paulo, Brazil: Case report

Abstract

Amino acid insertions in the protease have rarely been described in HIV-infected patients. One of these insertions has recently been described in codon 35, although its impact on resistance remains unknown. This study presents a case of an HIV variant with an insertion in codon 35 of the protease, described for the first time in Bauru, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, circulating in a 38-year-old caucasian male with asymptomatic HIV infection since 1997. Te variant isolated showed a codon 35 insertion of two amino acids in the protease: a threonine and an aspartic acid, resulting in the amino acid sequence E35E_TD.