Comments | midgardsorm: "Get Your Retroviruses Off Me, You Damn Dirty Ape!"

midgardsorm

"Get Your Retroviruses Off Me, You Damn Dirty Ape!"

May 25, 2006 17:17

HIV Origin Traced
(or... "Get Your Retroviruses Off Me, You Damn Dirty Ape!"Whether or not this gets any real attention in the media, this is pretty BIG news. The section I quote below in particular was interesting, and might explain part of the reason why HIV is so horrifically bad in Africa. Not only do African populations lack an immunity, ( Read more... )

retrovirus, when viruses attack!, hiv

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maradydd May 26 2006, 00:59:10 UTC

Zoonoses are bad news no matter where they come from. Turns out ebola is endemic in fruit bats.

midgardsorm May 26 2006, 05:46:15 UTC

"Turns out ebola is endemic in fruit bats."

...which people also eat! Nice.

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