General Information
- Subtype (AIDSInfo HIV/AIDS Glossary)
- HIV Strains: Types, Groups, and Subtypes (Avert)
- HIV-1 Subtypes (AIDSmap)
- HIV-2 (AIDSmap)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (WebMD)
- HIV-1 global distribution – map on website for PBS’s Frontline series “The Age of AIDS”
Selected Recent Articles
- HIV subtypes may influence treatment failure. (January 2016, Healio)
- Some Types of HIV Originated in West African Gorillas. (March 2015, Poz)
- Researchers may have caught HIV becoming more virulent. (February 2015, AIDSmap)
- An Aggressive Form of HIV Appears to Have Surfaced in Cuba. (February 2015, Poz)
- HIV subtype study shows need for, benefit of test and treat scale-up. (September 2014, Science Speaks Blog)
- South African women living with HIV subtype C experience rapid CD4 cell loss. (August 2014, AIDSmap)
- Study shows prognostic value of viral load monitoring among people living withsubtype C HIV in South Africa. (June 2014, AIDSmap)
- Newly Discovered HIV Strain Progresses to AIDS in Only 5 Years. (December 2013, Poz)
- Long-acting integrase inhibitor S/GSK1265744 active against multiple HIV subtypes. (September 2012, AIDSmap)
- Swiss show that concerns about potency of HIV therapy in context of non-subtype B infections are unfounded. (October 2011, AIDSmap)
- What’s your (HIV) type? (May/June 2011, Positively Aware)
- First-line treatment for HIV-2: superior outcomes seen with a boosted protease inhibitor. (May 2011, AIDSmap)