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VANTAGE: van-based real-time HIV sequencing for transmission mapping and drug resistance profiling in war-affected Ukraine.
AIDS (London, England) - 1 Jan 2026
Kovalenko Ganna, Liulchuk Mariia G, Filippovych Myroslava, Smyrnov Pavlo, Strathdee Steffanie A, Vasylyeva Tetyana I
Abstract excerpt
We deployed the VANTAGE (VAN for Transmissible Agent Genomic Epidemiology) mobile system in Lviv, Ukraine, demonstrating end-to-end sequencing of dried blood spot samples within a clinic van usually serving de-occupied and frontline regions. HIV-1 pol sequences were obtained from 50% of samples, all subtype A6. Median time to 100× coverage was 38 min. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a local transmission cluster...
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