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.