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Scientists find a new aggressive form of HIV | newsmaine

According to scientists, a new aggressive form of HIV could lead to AIDS in three years. The progression will be so fast that patients will not be able to even figure out that they got infected, scientists added.

Having unprotected sex with many partners leads to increased risk of contracting several strains of HIV. As per researchers, these strains can recombine and lead to a new variant of the virus, once they find a host.

Researchers told that one such recombinant variant has been found in Cuba and it seems to be quite aggressive compared to other known forms of HIV. HIV needs to attach itself to human cells and then it enters these cells. Anchor points, or co-receptors, which are proteins on the cell membrane, are used by the virus to do this.

The variant has also been observed in Africa, however in very few cases, which are yet to be completely studied. Researchers said that the strain is more common in Cuba.

According to Anne-Mieke Vandamme, a medical professor at Belgium's University of Leuvan, it takes 5 to 10 years for HIV infection to turn into AIDS, if not treated. Vandamme and her team conducted a study on more than 70 patients. The study has been published in the journal EBioMedicine.

According to the study, Cuban health officials alerted Vandamme about the new aggressive strain of HIV, as they wanted to know more about it.

"So this group of patients that progressed very fast, they were all recently infected. And we know that because they had been HIV negative tested one or a maximum two years before", Vandamme explained to Voice of America.

The anchor point CCR5 is first used by the virus in a normal infection and after some years, the virus shifts to the anchor point CXCR4. And it further leads to a rapid development of AIDS.

Heard about this in Africa not Cuba... Some cases went from HIV to AIDs to death in just a few months. Viruses change and adapt. I don't know if American and European Pharma have anything that can slow this progression yet. It's relatively new strain that developed in the last 1-2 yrs.

Heard about it in Cuba too. Very aggressive.

Surprised AssDonkey didn't post this.

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how big are the chances of this being propaganda to keep the relations with Cuba from improving?

Most likely this was Discovered in Cuba because they have been researching for a cure for years. They have strong ties with African Countries and could easily be testing.

no telling how it will go in spincity ...:helpme

This reminds me - where is wehateporn :helpme

he'd probably say that you can cure HIV with Vitamin C

This is some new thing for FOX news to latch onto.

0 since you can check if it's true

Where did you check and got the conclusion it was not true?

if it's wrong it won't take more than a few months to tell...

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Since you posted the chances as 0 I assumed you already knew the result = 0......

i'd say fairly low, neither the US or Cuba benefit from ongoing conflict and sanctions going forward. If anything it could be good for both nations--that being the removal of sanctions, not the disease of course.

you must have missed the folks like Ted Cruz that are foaming with rage for the last weeks

no, i answered that it's not possible to cheat, not that what claims Cuba is wrong.

viruses that kill their hosts quickly don't do very well.

What's about its virulence? Is it's the same as usual HIV viruses? As we all know, the one have a chance to get infected with HIV during unprotected sex is about 0.5% (1 case per 500 times).

What about lung cancer vacine from CUba everybody talk about?

way less if you aren't the recipient of a butt fuck :2 cents: