Now, a new study has revealed that a woman with advanced HIV carried the virus for 216 days. The case report, still to be reviewed by peers, also says that the virus accumulated more than 30 mutations. "This provides support to the hypothesis of intra-host evolution as one mechanism for the emergence of Sars-CoV-2 variants with immune evasion properties," it further said. But the woman in the case study was immunosuppressed. About 7.8 million people in South Africa are infected with HIV, which causes AIDS, while about 300,000 have TB.

Source: Hindustan Times June 06, 2021 01:52 UTC