New Strain of HIV Discovered in Africa

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As HIV and AIDS continue to spread at epidemic proportions across Africa and the rest of world, a new strain of HIV has now been discovered in Cameroon, Africa. The 62 year old African female tested positive in 2004 for the new human immunodeficiency virus recently discovered as a simian virus in Gorillas.

Until recently, the three major strains of HIV are derivatives of the simian virus found in wild Chimpanzees mainly in Africa. It is still under question as to how the virus was transmitted first go Gorillas and then to human beings. Treatment for the new strain of the HIV virus has yet to be produced and it is uncertain how widespread the strain actually is in Western Africa. HIV continues to be a death sentence to those infected as patients typically develop full blown AIDS within 10 years.

Although there is no known cure, with the proper treatment an HIV patient can live on indefinitely without developing the AIDS virus. Basketball superstar Magic Johnson contracted the HIV virus decades ago and through extensive treatment and monitoring he has actually driven the virus to a weakened state. He remains an exception to the common case however due to his financial ability to fund ongoing recovery and his athletic background which has given him the gift of a powerful immune system.