Never forget that AIDS is around us. Dun play play. 
New Yorker down with mutant HIV strainNEW YORK - NEW York City doctors have discovered a man with a previously unseen strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that progressed from infection to full-blown Aids in two or three months, the health department said.
'We've identified this strain of HIV that is difficult or impossible to treat and which appears to progress rapidly to Aids,' said New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden. 'We have not seen a case like this before. It holds the potential for a very serious public health problem.'
The case was found in a New Yorker in his mid-40s who had unprotected sex with other men, often while using crystal methamphetamine, an addictive stimulant.
The man - who had not previously undergone anti-viral drug treatment - was diagnosed with the rare strain in December last year.
He apparently had been infected recently after years of having unprotected anal intercourse.
The onset of Aids appears to have occurred within two to three months, and at most 20 months, after infection.
'It is likely there are others infected with this strain and this individual has infected others,' Mr Frieden said. The case is 'extremely concerning and a wake-up call', he said.
The strain of HIV was found to be resistant to three of the four types of anti-viral drugs that combat the disease. -- Bloomberg, AP