New Aggressive HIV Strain Discovered

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A new strain of HIV that develops into AIDS significantly faster than other types has been discovered in West Africa.

Researchers say the new A3/02 strain of the virus can develop into AIDS within five years of the first infection making it one of the fastest time periods from the initial infection.  The virus is called a “recombinant” virus that is made from the union of two previously known viral strains.

“Recombinants seem to be more vigorous and more aggressive than the strains from which they developed,” Angelica Palm of Lund University told Fox News.

The author of the study said that it’s likely multiple recombinant viruses are circulating through populations that researchers have yet to discover.

“HIV is an extremely dynamic and variable virus. New subtypes and recombinant forms of HIV-1 have been introduced to our part of the world, and it is highly likely that there are a large number of circulating recombinants of which we know little or nothing,” Dr. Patrik Medstran said.

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