The early spread and epidemic ignition of HIV-1 in human populations
Article 2014 en
Authors
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Nuno R. Faria
AR
Andrew Rambaut
MS
Marc A. Suchard
Abstract
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The hidden history of the HIV pandemic Rail and river transport in 1960s Congo, combined with the sexual revolution and changes in health care practices, primed the HIV pandemic. Faria et al. unpick the circumstances surrounding the ascendancy of HIV from its origins before 1920 in chimpanzee hunters in the Cameroon to amplification in Kinshasa. Around 1960, rail links promoted the spread of the virus to mining areas in southeastern Congo and beyond. Ultimately, HIV crossed the Atlantic in Haitian teachers returning home. From those early events, a pandemic was born. Science , this issue p. 56
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