1. Abbott internal data. 2. Brennan CA, Bodelle P, Co�ey R, et al. HIV global surveillance: Foundation for retroviral discovery and assay development. Journal of Medical Virology. 2006;78:S24-S29. 3. Bodelle P, Vallari A, Co�ey R, et. al. Identification and genomic sequence of an HIV type 1 group N isolate from Cameroon. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 2004;20:900-906. 4. Yamaguchi J, McArthur CP, Vallari A, et al. HIV-1 group N: Evidence for ongoing transmission in Cameroon. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 2006;22:453-457. 5. Vallari A, Holzmayer V, Harris B, et al. Confirmation of putative HIV-1 group P in Cameroon. Journal of Virology. 2011;85:1403-1407. 6. Yamaguchi J, Vallari A, McArthur C, Sthreshley L, Cloherty G, Berg M, Rodgers MA. Complete genome sequence of CG-0018a-01 establishes HIV-1 subtype L. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2019.

HIV and hepatitis viruses can evolve into new and di�erent strains. Abbott is committed to ongoing research to help our tests keep pace with these viruses. In 1994, Abbott established the Global Viral Surveillance Program to monitor and track new viral strains around the world.

Virus Hunters

ABBOTT BEHIND THE SCIENCE

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT ABBOTT.COM/VIRUSHUNTERS.

TRACKING HIV AND HEPATITIS VIRUSES

Abbott has identified and characterized more than 5,000

virus strains so our tests candetect a wide range of HIV

and hepatitis viruses.1-2

Abbott has identified and characterized rare HIV Group N

and P viruses. Abbott is 1 of only 2 institutions in the world to

have done so.2-5

Abbott’s research to monitor the diversity of HIV and hepatitis

viruses globally helps our tests stay up to date.2

SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM 45 COUNTRIES ACROSS 6 CONTINENTS

- ARGENTINA- AUSTRALIA- AUSTRIA- BRAZIL- BURUNDI- CAMEROON- CHINA- COLOMBIA- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO- CROATIA- EGYPT- EQUATORIAL GUINEA- FRANCE- GERMANY- GHANA- GREECE- GUINEA-BISSAU- HAITI- HONDURAS- INDIA- ISRAEL- ITALY

- IVORY COAST- KENYA- LAOS- MEXICO- NIGERIA- PAKISTAN- PERU- PHILIPPINES- PORTUGAL- ROMANIA- RUSSIA- SAUDI ARABIA- SENEGAL- SOUTH AFRICA- SPAIN- SWITZERLAND- THAILAND- UGANDA- UNITED KINGDOM- UNITED STATES- VENEZUELA- VIETNAM- ZAMBIA

ABBOTT PARK, ILLINOIS: ABBOTT’S GLOBAL VIRAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM HOUSES MORE THAN 78,000 SAMPLES CONTAINING HIV AND HEPATITIS VIRUSES, MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST SUCH LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD.1

Abbott has identified a new strain of HIV-1, Group M: Subtype L.

Abbott has made the new strain available to the research community

to evaluate this subtype’s impact on diagnostic testing, treatments

and to potential vaccines.6

SURVEILLANCE COLLECTION SITES IN 40 COUNTRIES, COVERING 6 CONTINENTS

1. Abbott internal data. 2. Brennan CA, Bodelle P, Co�ey R, et al. HIV global surveillance: Foundation for retroviral discovery and assay development. Journal of Medical Virology. 2006; 78: S24-S29. 3. Rodgers M, Vallari A, Harris B, et al. Identification of rare HIV-1 Group N, HBV AE, and HTLV-3 strains in rural South Cameroon. Virology. 2017; 504: 141-51. 4. Rodgers M, Wilkinson E, Vallari A, et al. Sensitive next-generation sequencing method reveals deep genetic diversity of HIV-1 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Virology. 2017; 91: e01841-16.

For more information, please visit abbott.com/virushunters.

TRACKING HIV AND HEPATITIS VIRUSESHIV and hepatitis viruses can evolve to produce di�erent strains. Abbott is committed to ongoing research to ensure that our diagnostic tools keep pace with these viruses. More than 20 years ago, Abbott established the Global Surveillance Program to monitor and track new viral strains around the world.

Abbott identified and characterized more than 5,000 virus strains, enabling diagnostic tests to detect a wide range

of HIV and hepatitis viruses.1-2

Abbott identified and characterized rare HIV Group N and P viruses. Abbott is 1 of only 2 institutions in the world to have done so.2-5

When a new strain is discovered, Abbott confirms our current blood screening

and diagnostic tests are able to detect it and then updates them, as needed.

- Argentina- Australia- Brazil- Burundi- Cameroon- China- Colombia- Democratic Republic - of the Congo- Croatia- Egypt- England- Equatorial Guinea- France- Germany- Ghana- Greece- Guinea-Bissau- Haiti- Honduras- India

- Italy- Ivory Coast- Kenya- Laos- Mexico- Nepal- Nigeria- Pakistan- Philippines- Russia- Saudi Arabia- Senegal- South Africa- Spain- Thailand- Turkey- Uganda- USA- Venezuela- Vietnam

Abbott Park, Illinois: Abbott’s Global Surveillance Program houses more than 60,000 samples containing HIV and hepatitis viruses, making it one of the largest such libraries in the world.1