Abstract
New York City health officials announced on February 11, 2005 that a patient rapidly developed full-blown AIDS shortly after being diagnosed with a rare, drug-resistant strain of HIV-1. The New York City Department of Health issued an alert to all hospitals and doctors and a press conference was held to announce the emergence of an aggressive HIV-1 strain that may be difficult to treat and that appears to trigger rapid progression to AIDS. Is the panic justified?
MeSH terms
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / diagnosis*
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / drug therapy
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / physiopathology*
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Adult
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Anti-HIV Agents / pharmacology
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Disease Progression
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Drug Resistance, Multiple*
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Drug Resistance, Viral*
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HIV Protease Inhibitors / pharmacology
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HIV-1 / drug effects*
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HIV-1 / pathogenicity*
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Humans
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Male
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New York City
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Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / pharmacology
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Time Factors
Substances
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Anti-HIV Agents
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HIV Protease Inhibitors
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Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors