[Forbes] FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- New York City health officials are sounding the alarm about the possible appearance of an HIV "superbug" -- a strain of the virus so powerful that it's resistant to nearly all AIDS drugs and rapidly weakens the immune system.

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Drug-resistant HIV strain alarms officials. New York man developed full-blown AIDS within months (Saturday, February 12, 2005 Posted: 0417 GMT (1217 HKT) (CNN) -- Health officials in New York City are alarmed after a man infected with a highly drug-resistant strain of HIV progressed to full-blown AIDS within months of diagnosis.

That raises the possibility that a hard-to-treat variant of the virus could be spreading among gay and bisexual men who use the drug methamphetamine

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New Drug-Resistant HIV Strain Found In Gay NYC Man

by Doug Windsor 365Gay.com New York Bureau

Posted: February 11, 2005 5:01 pm. ET

(New York City) A highly resistant strain of rapidly progressive HIV has been diagnosed for the first time in a New York City resident who had not previously undergone antiviral drug treatment, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Friday.

The strain of three-class antiretroviral-resistant HIV -or 3-DCR HIV - does not respond to three classes of anti-retroviral medication, and also appears to greatly shorten the interval between HIV infection and the onset of AIDS.

The patient is a male in his mid-40s who reported multiple male sex partners and unprotected anal intercourse, often while using crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth).

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