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Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2): A Summary of the Present Standard of Care and Treatment Options for Individuals Living with HIV-2 in Western Europe

  • Dirk Berzow*
  • , Diane Descamps
  • , Martin Obermeier
  • , Charlotte Charpentier
  • , Rolf Kaiser
  • , Lutz Guertler
  • , Josef Eberle
  • , Annemarie Wensing
  • , Saleta Sierra
  • , Jean Ruelle
  • , Perpetua Gomes
  • , Kamal Mansinho
  • , Ninon Taylor
  • , Björn Jensen
  • , Matthias Döring
  • , Martin Stürmer
  • , Jürgen Rockstroh
  • , Ricardo Camacho
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus-2 (HIV-2) is endemic in some countries in West Africa. Due to the lower prevalence in industrialized countries, there is limited experience and knowledge on the management of individuals living with HIV-2 in Europe. Compared to HIV-1, there are differential characteristics of HIV-2 regarding diagnostic procedures, the clinical course, and, most importantly, antiretroviral therapy. We integrated the published literature on HIV-2 (studies and reports on epidemiology, diagnostics, the clinical course, and treatment), as well as expert experience in diagnosing and clinical care, to provide recommendations for a present standard of medical care of those living with HIV-2 in Western European countries, including an overview of strategies for diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment, with suggestions for effective drug combinations for first- and second-line treatments, post-exposure prophylaxis, and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, as well as listings of mutations related to HIV-2 drug resistance and C-C motif chemokine receptor type 5 and C-X-C motif chemokine receptor type 4 coreceptor tropism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)503-509
Number of pages7
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume72
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2021

Keywords

  • antiretroviral therapy
  • care
  • diagnosis
  • HIV-2
  • resistance
  • Standard of Care
  • Europe
  • Humans
  • Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • HIV Infections/diagnosis
  • Female
  • Child
  • Africa, Western
  • HIV-2/genetics

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