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**detskpit** · 02-09-2009, 01:58 AM

Great...

Gorillas have been found, for the first time, to be a source of HIV.

Previous research had shown the HIV-1 strain, the main source of human infections, with 33m cases worldwide, originated from a virus in chimpanzees.

But researchers have now discovered an HIV infection in a Cameroonian woman which is clearly linked to a gorilla strain, Nature Medicine reports.

HIV originated from a similar virus in chimpanzees called Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV).

BBC NEWS | Health | Scientists find new strain of HIV

02-09-2009, 01:58 AM	#1
detskpit Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 350 Senior Member	Scientists find new strain of HIV Great... Gorillas have been found, for the first time, to be a source of HIV. Previous research had shown the HIV-1 strain, the main source of human infections, with 33m cases worldwide, originated from a virus in chimpanzees. But researchers have now discovered an HIV infection in a Cameroonian woman which is clearly linked to a gorilla strain, Nature Medicine reports. HIV originated from a similar virus in chimpanzees called Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV). BBC NEWS \| Health \| Scientists find new strain of HIV
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