title: New York City HIV superbug: fear or fear not?
abstract: On February 11, 2005, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that a city resident had recently been infected with a multi-drug resistant form of HIV and rapidly progressed to AIDS. The Health Commissioner, Thomas R. Frieden, called for increased vigilance against this new strain. Is this situation an emerging crisis or simply an unusual case report of rapid HIV progression?
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, New Jersey, USA. ssmith1824@aol.com
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D000328:Adult; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D018450:Disease Progression; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D024882:Drug Resistance, Viral; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D009519:New York City; D013997:Time Factors
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