HIV pandemic originated in Kinshasa in the 1920s, say scientists

A “perfect storm” of urban change that began in 1920s Kinshasa led to the catastrophic spread of HIV across Africa and into the wider world, according to scientists who used genetic sequencing and historical records to trace the origins of the pandemic. Though the virus probably crossed from chimpanzees to humans in southern Cameroon years earlier, HIV remained a regional infection until it entere

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遺伝子研究恐るべし：遡ること1950年代後半、ウイルスのDNAサンプルでHIVの流行の歴史を再構築したなんてすごい。１９２０年にはもう始まっていたというのも始めて知った。