HIV Origin and History

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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.

<p>chimpanzees</p> Signup and view all the answers

The virus has existed in the ______ States since at least the mid to late 1970s.

<p>United</p> Signup and view all the answers

Studies show that HIV may have jumped to humans as far back as the late ______

<p>1800s</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>CDC’s</p> Signup and view all the answers

The chimpanzee version of the virus is called ______ immunodeficiency virus

<p>simian</p> Signup and view all the answers

Over decades, HIV slowly spread across ______ and later into other parts of the world

<p>Africa</p> Signup and view all the answers

HIV infection in humans came from a type of chimpanzee in ______ Africa

<p>Central</p> Signup and view all the answers

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