Could primate retroviruses have been passed on to man or other monkeys as a result of experiments with primate malarias? An answer to this question could explain the origin of the AIDS epidemic.
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Gilks, C. AIDS, monkeys and malaria. Nature 354, 262 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/354262a0
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