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New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...ci_new_hiv
WASHINGTON – A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The finding "highlights the continuing need to watch closely for the emergence for new HIV variants, particularly in western central Africa," said the researchers, led by Jean-Christophe Plantier of the University of Rouen, France. The three previously known HIV strains are related to the simian virus that occurs in chimpanzees. The most likely explanation for the new find is gorilla-to-human transmission, Plantier's team said. But they added they cannot rule out the possibility that the new strain started in chimpanzees and moved into gorillas and then humans, or moved directly from chimpanzees to both gorillas and humans. The 62-year-old patient tested positive for HIV in 2004, shortly after moving to Paris from Cameroon, according to the researchers. She had lived near Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, but said she had no contact with apes or bush meat, a name often given to meat from wild animals in tropical countries. The woman currently shows no signs of AIDS and remains untreated, though she still carries the virus, the researchers said. How widespread this strain is remains to be determined. Researchers said it could be circulating unnoticed in Cameroon or elsewhere. The virus' rapid replication indicates that it is adapted to human cells, the researchers reported. Their research was supported by the French Health Watch Institute, the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis and Rouen University Hospital. A separate paper, also in Nature Medicine, reports that people with genital herpes remain at increased risk of HIV infection even after the herpes sores have healed and the skin appears normal. Researchers led by Drs. Lawrence Corey and Jia Zhu of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that long after the areas where the herpes sores existed seem to be clear, they still have immune-cell activity that can encourage HIV infection. Herpes is marked by recurring outbreaks and has been associated with higher rates of infection with HIV. It had been thought that the breaks in the skin were the reason for higher HIV rates, but a study last year found that treatment of herpes with drugs did not reduce the HIV risk. The researchers tested the skin of herpes patients for several weeks after their sores had healed and found that, compared with other genital skin, from twice to 37 times more immune cells remained at the locations where the sores had been. HIV targets immune cells and in laboratory tests the virus reproduced three to five times faster in tissue from the healed sites as in tissue from other areas. "Understanding that even treated (herpes) infections provide a cellular environment conducive to HIV infection suggests new directions for HIV prevention research," commented Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. That study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Tietze Foundation. [Edited 8/2/09 13:51pm] | |
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SCNDLS said: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090802/ap_on_he_me/us_sci_new_hiv
WASHINGTON – A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The finding "highlights the continuing need to watch closely for the emergence for new HIV variants, particularly in western central Africa," said the researchers, led by Jean-Christophe Plantier of the University of Rouen, France. The three previously known HIV strains are related to the simian virus that occurs in chimpanzees. The most likely explanation for the new find is gorilla-to-human transmission, Plantier's team said. But they added they cannot rule out the possibility that the new strain started in chimpanzees and moved into gorillas and then humans, or moved directly from chimpanzees to both gorillas and humans. The 62-year-old patient tested positive for HIV in 2004, shortly after moving to Paris from Cameroon, according to the researchers. She had lived near Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, but said she had no contact with apes or bush meat, a name often given to meat from wild animals in tropical countries. The woman currently shows no signs of AIDS and remains untreated, though she still carries the virus, the researchers said. How widespread this strain is remains to be determined. Researchers said it could be circulating unnoticed in Cameroon or elsewhere. The virus' rapid replication indicates that it is adapted to human cells, the researchers reported. Their research was supported by the French Health Watch Institute, the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis and Rouen University Hospital. A separate paper, also in Nature Medicine, reports that people with genital herpes remain at increased risk of HIV infection even after the herpes sores have healed and the skin appears normal. Researchers led by Drs. Lawrence Corey and Jia Zhu of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that long after the areas where the herpes sores existed seem to be clear, they still have immune-cell activity that can encourage HIV infection. Herpes is marked by recurring outbreaks and has been associated with higher rates of infection with HIV. It had been thought that the breaks in the skin were the reason for higher HIV rates, but a study last year found that treatment of herpes with drugs did not reduce the HIV risk. The researchers tested the skin of herpes patients for several weeks after their sores had healed and found that, compared with other genital skin, from twice to 37 times more immune cells remained at the locations where the sores had been. HIV targets immune cells and in laboratory tests the virus reproduced three to five times faster in tissue from the healed sites as in tissue from other areas. "Understanding that even treated (herpes) infections provide a cellular environment conducive to HIV infection suggests new directions for HIV prevention research," commented Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. That study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Tietze Foundation. [Edited 8/2/09 13:51pm] So how would a human get the virus from a gorilla? Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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EmeraldSkies said: SCNDLS said: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090802/ap_on_he_me/us_sci_new_hiv
WASHINGTON – A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The finding "highlights the continuing need to watch closely for the emergence for new HIV variants, particularly in western central Africa," said the researchers, led by Jean-Christophe Plantier of the University of Rouen, France. The three previously known HIV strains are related to the simian virus that occurs in chimpanzees. The most likely explanation for the new find is gorilla-to-human transmission, Plantier's team said. But they added they cannot rule out the possibility that the new strain started in chimpanzees and moved into gorillas and then humans, or moved directly from chimpanzees to both gorillas and humans. The 62-year-old patient tested positive for HIV in 2004, shortly after moving to Paris from Cameroon, according to the researchers. She had lived near Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, but said she had no contact with apes or bush meat, a name often given to meat from wild animals in tropical countries. The woman currently shows no signs of AIDS and remains untreated, though she still carries the virus, the researchers said. How widespread this strain is remains to be determined. Researchers said it could be circulating unnoticed in Cameroon or elsewhere. The virus' rapid replication indicates that it is adapted to human cells, the researchers reported. Their research was supported by the French Health Watch Institute, the French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis and Rouen University Hospital. A separate paper, also in Nature Medicine, reports that people with genital herpes remain at increased risk of HIV infection even after the herpes sores have healed and the skin appears normal. Researchers led by Drs. Lawrence Corey and Jia Zhu of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that long after the areas where the herpes sores existed seem to be clear, they still have immune-cell activity that can encourage HIV infection. Herpes is marked by recurring outbreaks and has been associated with higher rates of infection with HIV. It had been thought that the breaks in the skin were the reason for higher HIV rates, but a study last year found that treatment of herpes with drugs did not reduce the HIV risk. The researchers tested the skin of herpes patients for several weeks after their sores had healed and found that, compared with other genital skin, from twice to 37 times more immune cells remained at the locations where the sores had been. HIV targets immune cells and in laboratory tests the virus reproduced three to five times faster in tissue from the healed sites as in tissue from other areas. "Understanding that even treated (herpes) infections provide a cellular environment conducive to HIV infection suggests new directions for HIV prevention research," commented Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. That study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Tietze Foundation. [Edited 8/2/09 13:51pm] So how would a human get the virus from a gorilla? They kinda glossed right over that. I think the most common way is eating gorilla meat which is a common practice in the bush. | |
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SCNDLS said: EmeraldSkies said: So how would a human get the virus from a gorilla? They kinda glossed right over that. I think the most common way is eating gorilla meat which is a common practice in the bush. So I guess as long as your not hanging out with or eating gorilla's your safe? Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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EmeraldSkies said: SCNDLS said: They kinda glossed right over that. I think the most common way is eating gorilla meat which is a common practice in the bush. So I guess as long as your not hanging out with or eating gorilla's your safe? No, I'd think that now that it's made the jump to humans THIS strain can now be passed from human to human which probably explains how she got it. | |
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SCNDLS said: EmeraldSkies said: So I guess as long as your not hanging out with or eating gorilla's your safe? No, I'd think that now that it's made the jump to humans THIS strain can now be passed from human to human which probably explains how she got it. Yeesh! Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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EmeraldSkies said: SCNDLS said: No, I'd think that now that it's made the jump to humans THIS strain can now be passed from human to human which probably explains how she got it. Yeesh! 12/05/2011
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very scary....I don't know much about this stuff..but if a gorilla has it...can they get sick as easily like a human? unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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peacenlovealways said: very scary....I don't know much about this stuff..but if a gorilla has it...can they get sick as easily like a human?
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[snip - Mars23] So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time | |
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[snip - Mars23] surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
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[snip - Mars23] So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time | |
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Oh, so that's the euphemism for a bigoted remark? | |
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Girl, cuz AIDS in Africa is HEEE-LARIOUS, you didn't know??? | |
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SCNDLS said: paintedlady said: Oh, so that's the euphemism for a bigoted remark? Girl, cuz AIDS in Africa is HEEE-LARIOUS, you didn't know??? Yes cause having a sense of class and respect for people of another race is so '90's .... | |
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paintedlady said: SCNDLS said: Girl, cuz AIDS in Africa is HEEE-LARIOUS, you didn't know??? Yes cause having a sense of class and respect for people of another race is so '90's .... What day was that? I musta slept in | |
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Back to the point of the thread... I learn more about herpes daily. So HIV attacks the tissue cells that are damaged by the sores... interesting, and scary that drug treatment of herpes is ineffective at slowing down risk of infection. Wow. | |
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[snip - Mars23] but indirectly to the overall subject and the "impropriety" of humor.
In any case, I'm a strong believer in everything being worth a laugh from time to time. Even the worst of situations should garner a joke now and then. Even AIDS. I can't tell you how many times I've watched Family Guy with friends and been the only one to laugh at the AIDS joke, while all my friends kinda looked around awkwardly to see if it would be offensive to join in. If we don't laugh, we wither. | |
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