Rare AIDS and inferior type virus appear in Macao

Rare AIDS and inferior type virus appear in Macao
Rare AIDS and inferior type virus appear in Macao
Macao, May 6 (Xinhua), the intersection of the Macao Special Administrative Region and health bureau say by cooperating with medical college of Chinese University of Hong Kong this office 6, carry on the biological analysis of molecule to HIV which Macao finds, find, it is inferior type that new HIV of one kind appears in Macao, the relevant virus prevailing with the other areas has slight differences. According to health bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region, it appears mutant to be HIV to call CRF12_BF inferior type this time, this kind of virus has been found in some areas of South America and Europe before this. The data of the health bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region reveal, before 2004, the unsafe sexual behavior was the main way that local HIV propagated. 2004, office this find, share needle, have personage to infect AIDS increase to some extent suddenly, through further analyzing, find and is caused by more rare CRF12_BF inferior type HIV of Asian-Pacific area. The personages of these inferior virus to infecting with of this office track, the infeted are the same to find these patients' symptom and other, and all have good response in treating. This research was carried on between 2006 and 2007 by health bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region and medical college of Chinese University of Hong Kong, having something to do and studying will publish on the international medical periodical in the near future. It is introduced, HIV is divided into two to be inferior type, including HIV-1 and HIV-2 type. According to the genetic sequencing of the virus, HIV-1 can be further divided into multi-type different and inferior type and recombinating inferior types, CRF12_BF belongs to a kind of recombination among them inferiorly type. The health bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region says, HIV is very common when changing. As the international city, a large number of passengers from all parts of the world visit every day in Macao, it inputs other prevailing virus of country to be very much difficult to prevent from. The speed of spreading in order to control AIDS in the addicts, the trans-departmental prevention and cure AIDS committee was established in 2005 in the special zone government of Macao. Still through the anti-drug law, offered more legislative authority for preventing and controlling the spreading of AIDS in 2009.


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