HIV superinfection
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HIV superinfection is a condition in which a person with established human immunodeficiency virus infection acquires a second strain of the virus.[1] The second strain co-exists with the first and may cause more rapid disease progression or carry resistance to medicines.
As of 2005 there were 16 cases reported in the worldwide literature[1], though given the high cost and relative rarity of phylogenetic screening, this number may not reflect the entire population of superinfected individuals.[2] People with HIV risk superinfection by the same actions that would place a non-infected person at risk of acquiring HIV. These include sharing needles and forgoing condoms with HIV-positive sexual partners.
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- ^ a b Smith DM, Richman DD, Little SJ (August 2005). "HIV superinfection". J. Infect. Dis. 192 (3): 438–44. doi:10.1086/431682. PMID 15995957. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?JID34381. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ http://www.aidsmap.com/HIV-superinfection-may-cause-increasing-viral-loads-and-a-second-seroconversion-illness/page/1434075/
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