US lab identifies rare new HIV strain

A sample blood collection tube for the HIV test. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • The strain, HIV-1 Group M subtype L, has been recorded in three people from blood samples taken between the 1980s and 2001, all in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Abbott laboratories said.

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