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HIV strains get tougher.(AIDS (Disease) drug therapy)(Brief Article)
About 15 percent of the HIV strains infecting newly diagnosed patients are already resistant to one or more classes of AIDS drugs. That trend could undermine the efficacy of the multidrug regimens that have often held the disease in check.
To reduce the risk of catching or creating resistant HIV strains:
* Practice safer sex every time, even if both you and your partner have already been diagnosed with HIV. You could become reinfected with a resistant ...
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