Researchers Confirm the Origin of HIV

After 25 years, researchers have confirmed that HIV originated in wild chimps and then spread to humans. For years, experts have speculated that SIV - simian immunodeficiency virus - found in monkeys was the origin of HIV - human immunodeficiency virus, spreading to humans by way of monkey bites or ingestion of monkey brains and meat. Now a study published in the journal Science supports that theory. Read more...

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