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Researchers have found a previously unrecognized variant of HIV that's more virulent than usual and quietly circulated in the Netherlands for the past few decades. Photo: AP
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New 'highly virulent' HIV strain discovered in the Netherlands

The variant likely arose in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the Netherlands, according to the researchers, but began to decline around 2010

Sample from patients are analysed as part of the trial. Photo: BBC.
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Oxford scientists preparing vaccine versions to combat emerging virus variants

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed coronavirus model is seen in front of a British flag on display in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Coronavirus chronicle

UK researchers say lateral flow tests detect the most infectious Covid cases