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New HIV Sub-type L Strain Discovered, But Don’t Panic ARVs Suppress It Too, Reassure Doctors.

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Scientists Have Discovered the First New Strain of HIV in 19 Years Working with the Grassroots and ensuring effective treatment and prevention requires so many skills. These include being updated on HIV-related information.  Currently, there are over 36.7 million people living with HIV world wide. There is an evolution of new strains of HIV.  But the one that has been identified by scientists at Abbott Laboratories is the  Sub-type  L Strain, but don’t panic ARVs suppress it too. Doctors reassure all of us, reports Nico Long i n Plus. "For the first time in nearly two decades, a team of scientists have discovered a new strain of HIV. However, experts say there is no cause for alarm. According to a report published Wednesday in the  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes , researchers with Abbott Laboratories and the University of Missouri, Kansas City discovered a new strain of the human immunodeficiency virus related to the Group M version...