METHOD OF EXAMINING THE FUNCTIONAL GENIC VARIABILITY OF HIV AND KIT FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME

摘要

The invention relates to a method of analysing a sample that may contain HIV virus. The inventive method comprises the following steps: (a) extraction of the viral RNA; (b) inverse transcription of the RNA obtained in step (a) and amplification of same with a first primer pair, thereby enabling the production of an amplified reverse transcription product comprising all or part of at least two successive genes of the genome of a HIV virus; (c) sequencing of the amplified reverse transcription product; (d) amplification of the amplified reverse transcription product obtained in step (b) with a second primer pair; (e) homologous recombination of the amplification product prepared in step (d) with a vector; (f) functional analysis of viral proteins encoded by all or part of at least two genes; and (g) measurement of the replicative capacity of the recombinant viruses obtained in step (e).