How did HIV/aids originate

The best evidence is it was transmitted to humans via the wild meat trade in central Africa. Primates are hunted for meat in this region, and the accepted hypothesis is that during the butchering of one of these animals killed for human con…

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Where did HIV come from? The earliest known case of HIV-1 in a human was from a blood sample collected in 1959 from a man in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (How he became infected is not known.) Genetic analysis of this blood samp…

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There are several theories regarding the origin of HIV/AIDS. It is possible that HIV has been around for centuries and may have evolved into a virulent virus only recently. However it is of academic interest where the virus originated. More…

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where did HIV/AIDS originate from europe/america?

Q: i think that i”””’m tired of hearing the whites always giving us the statistics of those living with aids in africa,but i’v never heard any stuff about it in europe or america or even asia.when a black is traveling to europe we undergo series of test (hiv etc) to my own view i think the popullation of those living with aids ineurope,america or even asia is at an alarming rate speaking of people sleeping with animals,the rate of divorce cases and the high level of indecency.

A: story in Europe said that,American scientist developed HIV virus,and had to test it somewhereso they try-ed it on African people(not hard to believe after time of slavery),but soon they lost control of it and it start spreading.like they say, what goes around comes around.I don`t know about America,but in Europe there is 1,7 million infected people in Europe,that is 8.8% of population.

How did HIV/AIDS originate?

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A: At least one HIV strain did originate in chimpanzees, but the transmission occured through casual contact (animal worker) not via sex!Two species of HIV infect humans: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is thought to have originated in southern Cameroon after jumping from wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) to humans during the twentieth century. HIV-2 may have originated from the Sooty Mangabey (Cercocebus atys), an Old World monkey of Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, and Cameroon. HIV-1 is more virulent. It is easily transmitted and is the cause of the majority of HIV infections globally. HIV-2 is less transmittable and is largely confined to West Africa. HIV-1 is the virus that was initially discovered and termed LAV.Three of the earliest known instances of HIV-1 infection are as follows:A plasma sample taken in 1959 from an adult male living in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.HIV found in tissue samples from a 15 year old African-American teenager who died in St. Louis in 1969.HIV found in tissue samples from a Norwegian sailor who died around 1976.Although a variety of theories exist explaining the transfer of HIV to humans, no single hypothesis is widely accepted, and the topic remains controversial. Freelance journalist Tom Curtis discussed one controversial possibility for the origin of HIV/AIDS in a 1992 Rolling Stone magazine article. He put forward what is now known as the OPV AIDS hypothesis, which suggests that AIDS was inadvertently caused in the late 1950s in the Belgian Congo by Hilary Koprowski’s research into a polio vaccine. Although subsequently retracted due to libel issues surrounding its claims, the Rolling Stone article motivated another freelance journalist, Edward Hooper, to probe more deeply into this subject. Hooper’s research resulted in his publishing a 1999 book, The River, in which he alleged that an experimental oral polio vaccine prepared using chimpanzee kidney tissue was the route through which simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) crossed into humans to become HIV, thus starting the human AIDS pandemic. This theory is contradicted by an analysis of genetic mutation in primate lentivirus strains that indicates with 95% certainty that the origin of the HIV-1 strain dates to about 1930.

How did HIV/Aids originate? [ I’m like doing this for my bio pro]?

Q: There is a myth that it came from person sharing a sexual relationship with a monkey or similar primate. Personally speaking, I don’t believe in that theory because out of all the people working at zoo’s, sanctuarie’s, wild life reserve’s,animal care centre’s and even those who live in habitat’s they share with monkeys- such as tribal people in parts of the world such as SouthAsia, Africa, Malaysia and other LEDC’s- at least one person must have got bitten by a monkey or scratched by a monkey in the entire section of the race of humanity that is fraternising with such primates. Then why is it that such people end up with rabies & not HIV/Aid’s? When if another human suffering from HIV can pass the disease on to another human by the same mediums i.e scratching, biting etc. People can pass the disease through both ways, sexual intercourse and externaly such as wounds BUT monkeys can pass it ONLY through sexual intercourse and NOT other external ways?

A: go to www.cdc.gov website and click on HIV. It should provide u with the history and a general overview of HIV. It originated from men hunting chimps and coming into contact with their blood. There are other viruses which have been known to jump species including SARs, bird flu.hope this helps