生物谷报道：美国纽约市卫生部门12日宣布，新发现一种艾滋病病毒变种，不仅对多种现有主要药物具有抗药力，而且致使携带者发病的时间也更短。卫生部门要求这座全美国第一大城市的医疗机构加强检测。
纽约市政府健康与心理卫生部在一份声明中说，新病例出现于今年1月21日，患者现年40多岁，男性。与这名男子所患艾滋病（AIDS）相应的艾滋病病毒（HIV）对现有4类病毒控制药物中的3类药物具有抗药力。而且，从携带病毒到并发疾病，这名男子最短只度过了两三个月，最长不超过20个月。相比之下，原先已知的艾滋病病毒潜伏期可达15年。
依据这些因素，新发现的艾滋病变种病毒已经被命名为“3-DCRHIV”，即3-DCR型艾滋病病毒。对于纽约市而言，发现艾滋病变种病毒迄今还是第一次。
但是，生物谷专家经过严格分析认为，这条消息的可靠性还需进一步验证，有待更严格的科学观察才能真正下结论，目前仍处于观测之中。
原文：
A new, highly resistant strain of HIV that appears to develop rapidly into AIDS has been diagnosed in a New Yorker who had not previously undergone antiviral drug treatment, says the city health department, which is holding a press conference today.
While drug resistance is increasingly common in people who have been treated for the human immunodeficiency virus, city officials called the case “extremely rare.” The patient, who now has AIDS, is a male in his mid-40s who reported multiple male sex partners and unprotected anal intercourse, often while using crystal methamphetamine. The patient appears to have developed AIDS within two to three months of HIV infection, and at the most 20 months. People who contract AIDS usually get it more than 10 years after initial infection with HIV.
