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Source: hindustantimes.com<\/p>\n

Scientists at US healthcare major Abbott Laboratories have discovered a new strain of HIV virus, the company has announced.<\/p>\n

The new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus is called HIV-1 Group M, subtype L, the group that led to a global pandemic. A new strain of the HIV virus has been found after 19 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis research marks the first time a new subtype of \u2018Group M\u2019 HIV virus has been identified since guidelines for classifying new strains of HIV were established in 2000. Group M viruses are responsible for the global pandemic, which can be traced back to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Sub-Saharan Africa,\u201d said Abbott in a statement.<\/p>\n

The findings, published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS), show the role next-generation genome sequencing is playing in helping researchers stay a step ahead of mutating viruses and avoiding pandemics.<\/p>\n

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Since the beginning of the global AIDS pandemic, 75 million people have been infected with HIV and 37.9 million people today are living with the virus.<\/p>\n

Even though the new HIV infections are going down globally, researchers are monitoring new strains to make sure testing and treatments continue to work.<\/p>\n

There is no cure for AIDS, the disease caused by the HIV virus, but the viral load is controlled through Antiretroviral (ART) therapy.<\/p>\n

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Abbott created its Global Viral Surveillance Program 25 years ago to monitor HIV and hepatitis viruses and identify mutations to ensure improved testing mechanisms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIdentifying new viruses such as this one is like searching for a needle in a haystack,\u201d said Mary Rodgers, principal scientist and head of the Global Viral Surveillance Program, Diagnostics at Abbott, and one of the study authors, in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy advancing our techniques and using next generation sequencing technology, we are pulling the needle out with a magnet. This discovery can help us ensure we are stopping new pandemics in their tracks,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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The company is making the new strain accessible to the research community to evaluate its impact to diagnostic testing, treatments and potential vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2321,2396,2395,2158,2031,2397],"class_list":["post-2834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aids-hiv","tag-cure-for-aids","tag-drc","tag-genome-sequencing","tag-hiv-infection-2","tag-hiv-virus","tag-republic-of-congo"],"yoast_head":"\nNew strain of HIV virus discovered after nearly 20 years - MyMedicPlus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/new-strain-of-hiv-virus-discovered-after-nearly-20-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New strain of HIV virus discovered after nearly 20 years - 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