10 Questions
HIV infection in humans came from a type of ______ in Central Africa.
chimpanzee
HIV may have jumped from ______ to humans as far back as the late 1800s.
chimpanzees
The ______ version of the virus is called simian immunodeficiency virus.
chimpanzee
It was probably passed to humans when humans hunted these ______ for meat and came in contact with their infected blood.
chimpanzees
The virus has existed in the ______ States since at least the mid to late 1970s.
United
Studies show that HIV may have jumped to humans as far back as the late ______
1800s
To learn more about the history of HIV in the United States and ______’s response to the epidemic, see CDC’s HIV and AIDS Timeline
CDC’s
The chimpanzee version of the virus is called ______ immunodeficiency virus
simian
Over decades, HIV slowly spread across ______ and later into other parts of the world
Africa
HIV infection in humans came from a type of chimpanzee in ______ Africa
Central
Learn about the origin of HIV, how it was transmitted from chimpanzees to humans, and its spread across the world. Discover the fascinating history of HIV and how it has affected human populations.
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