HIV traced to wild chimps

[Barb]

Twenty-five years after the first AIDS cases emerged, scientists have confirmed that the HIV virus plaguing humans really did originate in wild chimpanzees, in a corner of Cameroon.

Link to article

No vaccine and no cure as of yet, but they've traced the history of the disease at least.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Didn't we know this a decade ago? Or was it just primates in general that they had it connected to?

 

[McGraw]

I saw that. Of course they claim that it was passed on to hunters when they made a kill, but I'm more willing to believe that someone bonked a chimp ^_^

 

[Barb]

I think it was presumed to be primates in general, but they've narrowed it down to chimps, according to the article.