Discovery supports theory that human HIV pandemic came from African apes.
SIV has finally been tracked down in wild west African chimps.
Credit: credit: Ian C. Gilby
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Hopkin, M. HIV-like virus found in wild chimps. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060522-17
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