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. 2000 Jun 9;288(5472):1757-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.288.5472.1757.

AIDS. Origins of HIV

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AIDS. Origins of HIV

D M Hillis. Science. .

Abstract

Establishing the date when immunodeficiency viruses were transmitted from nonhuman primates to humans should provide a clue to the origin of the AIDS pandemic. In his Perspective, Hillis discusses an important analysis of the molecular divergence of SIV and HIV genes (Korber et al.). This analysis establishes 1931 as the date of origin of the HIV-1 M-group viruses (the principal cause of the AIDS pandemic). Hillis discusses three possible hypotheses of immunodeficiency virus transmission that are consistent with this date.

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  • Timing the ancestor of the HIV-1 pandemic strains.
    Korber B, Muldoon M, Theiler J, Gao F, Gupta R, Lapedes A, Hahn BH, Wolinsky S, Bhattacharya T. Korber B, et al. Science. 2000 Jun 9;288(5472):1789-96. doi: 10.1126/science.288.5472.1789. Science. 2000. PMID: 10846155

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