The origins of HIV-AIDS

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HIV virus infecting T cells, computer illustration. GettyImages / Science Photo Library / Kateryna Kon

By: Caroline Lachowsky

Let's go back to the origins of the HIV-AIDS pandemic which has claimed 36 million lives worldwide. When and how did this virus get from ape to humans? A long, complex history recounted by the virologist Ahidjo Ayouba de l'Ird.

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  • History
  • Health and Medicine
  • AIDS

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