Abbott has identified new strains of HIV in the past 20 years

　　NOV 11, 2019 -- Abbott announced that his team of scientists has discovered a new subtype of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), called group M HIV-1, subtype L The findings were published November 6 in the Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (JAIDS) 75 million people have been infected with HIV since the outbreak of HIV worldwide, and 37.9 million people are still living with it After decades of efforts by the global health community, ending the spread of HIV on a large scale has become possible But researchers must continue to monitor new strains to ensure that appropriate testing and treatments are still working this study marks the first time since the 2000 HIV strain classification guidelines were developed that a new subtype of HIV virus in group M has been discovered Group M virus is the most widely transmitted HIV virus in the world, originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in sub-Saharan Africa to determine whether an unusual virus is really a new subtype of HIV, researchers must find three separate cases The first two samples of the subtype virus were found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1980s and 1990s In 2001, a third sample was collected, but there was no number or technology for genetic sequencing today, next-generation sequencing technology allows researchers to sequence genomes faster and at a lower cost To take advantage of this technology, Abbott scientists must develop and apply new technologies to narrow the range of virus parts in the sample to complete genome sequencing.