New strain of HIV discovered for first time in nearly two decades

Scientists announced Wednesday that they had discovered a new strain of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for the first time in nearly twenty years.

A study published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome first reported by CNN found that the new subtype, dubbed HIV-1 subtype L, is the first new strain of the virus to be identified and was being spread as recently as 2001 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The strain is the first to be identified since guidelines for establishing new subtypes of HIV were published in 2000, according to CNN. […]

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