5 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
The virus has existed in the ______ since at least the mid to late 1970s.
United States
To learn more about the history of HIV in the ______ and CDC's response to the epidemic, see CDC's HIV and AIDS Timeline.
United States
Learn about the origins of HIV, how it was transmitted from chimpanzees to humans, and its spread across Africa and the world. Discover the history of this pandemic and how it became a global health issue.
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