Monday, October 6, 2008

New study found on AIDS

AP report released last Thursday in the Nature journal announced the AIDs virus has existed decades earlier than what was originally thought, which means the disease has been in circulation a lot longer than the the 80's. The new work studied, lead genetic analysis to estimate origins of the disease to be between 1884 and 1924.

AP writes, “Researchers note that the newly calculated dates fall during the rise of cities in Africa, and they suggest urban development may have promoted HIV’s initial establishment and early spread.”

For more information go to CNN.


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