The doctors compared samples of the man's original HIV and his current virus with samples from the second man to arrive at their conclusions, one of which is that drug resistance was also transferred to the first individual. These conclusions were reported by Dr. Jonathan Angel on the final day of the 7th Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections back in February. One time only. And since this kind of research has been going on for over a decade now and this is the one and only documented case, and because it has yet to be confirmed by any further independent research, we would be better served by waiting for verification of Dr. Angel's study before mounting a massive public health campaign. Or perhaps they'll discover, too, that our own antiviral regimens are creating superviruses in our bodies.
Buzzwords are dangerous.
They are used predominantly by headline-grabbing researchers and lazy journalists who want to get noticed fast. Don't get sucked into this kind of irresponsible drama. It has long been debated whether or not reinfection happens. On the basis of one report, I am simply not convinced yet this is some kind of doomsday HIV supervirus thing that calls for a lot of hysterical wailing and gnashing of teeth. This article has been provided by AIDS Survival Project .