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To the Editor: Dual infection with different strains of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) is reported with increasing frequency, attributed mostly to coinfection at the time of the primary infection. However, some patients were superinfected with a second virus after the original seroconversion,¹ which generally accelerated disease progression.²

We encountered a case of serial HIV-1 superinfection resulting in a triple infection in a Dutch patient who was originally infected with a subtype B virus. A 35-year-old homosexual man was found to be HIV-1–seropositive in March 2001 and was referred for follow-up. Early in July 2003, the patient presented with acute onset . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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