US Needs to Increase HIV-1 Subtype Surveillance

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US Needs to Increase HIV-1 Subtype Surveillance

Reuters Health Information Services (12/29/97)

Abstract: In the December issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers report the first documented case of HIV-1 subtype A infection in a United States-born individual who has not traveled outside of the country. The researchers--led by Dr. Kathleen Irwin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--studied 43 HIV-1-infected patients in New York City and found that most were infected with HIV subtype B, the most common strain in the United States and Western Europe. Of the two patients with HIV-1 subtype A, the team said the infections appear to have been contracted while in the United States, but non-locally acquired infection is also possible for the subject born in Africa. The findings highlight the need for increased HIV-1 subtype surveillance in the United States, the researchers concluded.

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