Doctors warn of virulent HIV strain in wake of New York case

DOCTORS yesterday sounded a new warning over a virulent multi-drug resistant strain of HIV that can trigger full-blown AIDS within four months of infection.

The virus was discovered at the end of last year in a man in his late forties who had unprotected sex with numerous other men.

Public officials in New York are now trying to trace the man's partners while scientists carry out genetic studies on the virus.