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More ado about HIV's origins

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A new HIV-1 variant has been identified in a Cameroonian AIDS patient, starkly reminding us of the ability of HIV to accomodate change ( pages 1032–1037).

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Wain-Hobson, S. More ado about HIV's origins. Nat Med 4, 1001–1002 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/1986

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