For Rick
An answer to our little tiff about where AIDS comes from:
"For many years scientists theorized as to the origins of HIV and how it appeared in the human population, most believing that HIV originated in other primates. Then in 1999, an international team of researchers reported that they had discovered the origins of HIV-1, the predominant strain of HIV in the developed world. A subspecies of chimpanzees native to west equatorial Africa had been identified as the original source of the virus. The researchers believe that HIV-1 was introduced into the human population when hunters became exposed to infected blood."
-From the CDC official Website
http://www.cdc.gov/HIV/resources/qa/qa3.htmSimilar research can be found here: http://www.natap.org/2002/9retro/day0.htm
And here: http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-2-2004-62421.asp
*ahem* >:D
"For many years scientists theorized as to the origins of HIV and how it appeared in the human population, most believing that HIV originated in other primates. Then in 1999, an international team of researchers reported that they had discovered the origins of HIV-1, the predominant strain of HIV in the developed world. A subspecies of chimpanzees native to west equatorial Africa had been identified as the original source of the virus. The researchers believe that HIV-1 was introduced into the human population when hunters became exposed to infected blood."
-From the CDC official Website
http://www.cdc.gov/HIV/resources/qa/qa3.htmSimilar research can be found here: http://www.natap.org/2002/9retro/day0.htm
And here: http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-2-2004-62421.asp
*ahem* >:D