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Published online 20 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030519-2

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HIV's history traced

US virus arrived early and spread fast.

New evidence has emerged that HIV was racing through the US population long before doctors woke up to a new killer disease called AIDS. The study might also help the hunt for an HIV vaccine.

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