HIV origin 'found in wild chimps'

 

The origin of HIV has been found in wild chimpanzees living in southern Cameroon, researchers report.

A virus called SIVcpz (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus from chimps) was thought to be the source, but had only been found in a few captive animals.

 

Now, an international team of scientists has identified a natural reservoir of SIVcpz in animals living in the wild.

 

The findings are to be published in Science magazine.

 

It is thought that people hunting chimpanzees first contracted the virus - and that cases were first seen in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo - the nearest urban area - in 1930.

 

Scientists believe the rareness of cases - and the fact that symptoms of Aids differ significantly between individuals - explains why it was another 50 years before the virus was named.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5012268.stm

This just proves that chimps are out to destroy mankind. First they develop this virus. Now they're sacrificing themselves to bears to addict bears to Primate meat. It's only a matter of time before the bears eat their way up the evolutionary chain, as they are godless killing machines.

 

but that's just a rumor it started in africa because scientists are racist

Ok, who's the bastard that banged a chimp?

Ok, who's the bastard that banged a chimp?

Her.

 

(This one is so damn mean I'm just linking to it, not putting it in the post)

Edited May 25, 200619 yr by Balta1701

Her.

 

(This one is so damn mean I'm just linking to it, not putting it in the post)