Agressive new HIV strain discovered

[bigvalboy]

These are an interesting read:

 

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/02/14/Aggressive-new-HIV-strain-detected-in-Cuba/2421423945549/

 

http://rt.com/news/232375-aggressive-hiv-aids-cuba/

[rvwnsd]

The Miami Herald ran a story about the same topic, but included some criticism of the way the study was conducted. Here is a link, courtesy of the Chicago Tribune:

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/chi-hiv-cuba-20150214-story.html

 

Not to discredit the sources in the OP, but it is worth noting that UPI is owned by a company owned by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon and rt.com is part of an organization founded by the Russian state government to improve its brand image.

 

Wikipedia article about UPI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Press_International

 

Wikipedia article about UPI's parent News World Corporation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_World_Communications

 

Wikipedia article about RT Network: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29

 

 

 

 

[Diverdan]

What ever the "real truth" about this may be, we should expect that the HIV virus will mutate over time as do most other viruses.

[bigvalboy]

What ever the "real truth" about this may be, we should expect that the HIV virus will mutate over time as do most other viruses.

 

Absolutely true, and thanks to rvwnsd for the additional article.