RARE HIV FOUND IN FRANCE

Experts say the discovery of a rare HIV-indicating a need for monitoring of HIV. Rare type of HIV infection has been found on a man in France who had just returned from Togo, a country in western Africa.

So far just a handful of people diagnosed with HIV type-1-N group and they all are in Cameroon, but new cases in men in France showed that the type of HIV infection also exist in other states.

Neil Bowdler Science reporter BBC reported the man, 57, lives in France and recently traveled to Togo. In that country he had a sexual relationship with a local partner.

The man was taken to Saint Louis Hospital, Paris last January. The symptoms that arise include high fever, rashes, and ulcers. "Examination showed an early decline in so-called CD4 cells, an important sign of HIV infection," reports Neil Bowdler. spreadVariants of HIV was first discovered in a Cameroonian woman in 1998.

The scientists say this case is more likely related to a virus that attacks the immune system in wild chimpanzees with HIV than the general.

The discovery of new types of HIV may not provide significant meaning, but it does show that the virus is spread to people outside the territory of Cameroon. Team doctors who diagnose new cases in France, said the findings emphasize the importance of strict monitoring of HIV.

"Primary infection in the case of HIV-1-N group showed that rare group is now spread outside the Cameroon which emphasizes the importance of monitoring the HIV epidemic on a continual basis," said a team of doctors led by Professor Francois Simon.