New Studies Of HIV Infection

New Studies Of HIV Infection.
A recently discovered, warlike stretch of HIV leads to faster development of AIDS than other HIV strains, according to a new study. More than 60 pandemic strains of HIV-1 exist. This new strain has the shortest space from infection to the development of AIDS, at about five years, according to researchers at Lund University, in Sweden.

The novel strain is a fusion of the two most common strains in Guinea-Bissau, a small country in West Africa. It has been identified only in that region. When two strains join, they manifestation what's called a "recombinant. Recombinants seem to be more hearty and more aggressive than the strains from which they developed," doctoral student Angelica Palm said in a Lund University intelligence release.

Previous research has shown that the global spread of abundant recombinants is increasing. Moreover, increasingly mixed and complex HIV strains are becoming more mean in countries and regions with high levels of immigration, such as the United States and Europe. The unknown study was published online recently and will appear in the print version of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Patrik Medstrand, a professor of clinical virology at Lund University, said HIV is a vital and variable virus. "New subtypes and recombinant forms of HIV-1 have been introduced to our fragment of the world, and it is highly apt to that there are a large number of circulating recombinants of which we know little or nothing," Medstrand said in the flash release. "We therefore need to be aware of how the HIV-1 epidemic changes over time. Health tribulation services should be aware that certain HIV types can be more aggressive than others" diabetes. More information The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has more about HIV and AIDS.