203 - The origins of the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Published: Jan. 3, 2023, 5 a.m.

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Our topic this week is the HIV virus and what science has uncovered about how and when it crossed over and mutated from the SIV virus that infects African primate populations.\\xa0 We also discuss when the virus is most likely to have first shown up in North America (hint: probably earlier than you think) resulting in the American AIDS epidemic.

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