Researchers Pinpoint Origin of HIV Pandemic

[Tennesseer]

What with the Ebola outbreak, it is interesting to read how HIV and other viruses might spread among the populace across several countries.

"A group of researchers from Oxford University and the University of Leuven say they have pinpointed the place where HIV was first transmitted between humans, sparking a pandemic that would go on to touch some 75 million people in every corner of the globe. Through statistical analysis, the group determined that HIV is “almost certain” to have begun its spread from Kinshasa, now the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, sometime around 1920.

The research team analyzed all available HIV-1 viruses sampled from infected persons between 1985 and 2010 to trace the outbreak back to their shared ancestry in a group of infected individuals referred to as “group M” who they say became infected in Kinshasa.

The geographic spread of a virus, coupled with growth of the infected population, leave "a measurable imprint” on the HIV genomes found in the various samples, explains Nuno Rodrigues Faria, a researcher at Oxford University and an author on the paper."

Researchers Pinpoint Origin of HIV Pandemic

Link to the Oxford University announcement below (which is recapped above):

HIV pandemic's origins located

[EVT1]

So did they find that whore of a monkey?  

[Tennesseer]

Oct 2, 2014 19:33:37 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

So did they find that whore of a monkey?  

Let alone the airline pilot who screwed it (according to Stacey Campfield).

[EVT1]

Oct 2, 2014 19:55:41 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Oct 2, 2014 19:33:37 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

So did they find that whore of a monkey?  

Let alone the airline pilot who screwed it (according to Stacey Campfield).

Just the man I was thinking of   Although it is an old tale- looking at GOP history it is a very short jump between homosexuality and bestiality.  God's punishment on mankind......

Of course the Jews were to blame for the Black Death.

 I take one look around the world and I am convinced 'GOD' has been punishing humans since the dawn of time.

[djAdvocate]

interestingly, the article pins it to EATING monkeys, not having sex with them.  but whatever. 

[chiver78]

totally not an epidemiologist here. how are they able to figure out the "when" in this puzzle?

and yes, I skimmed both links.

[The Captain]

Oct 16, 2014 8:50:02 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

totally not an epidemiologist here. how are they able to figure out the "when" in this puzzle?

and yes, I skimmed both links.

www.bbc.com/news/health-29442642

I think this story does a better job of explaining this...

I've read more than one story that's as far back as they can trace the virus in stored samples.

[Tennesseer]

Oct 16, 2014 8:50:02 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

totally not an epidemiologist here. how are they able to figure out the "when" in this puzzle?

and yes, I skimmed both links.

I tried to see if the complete study was available free and on-line from the journal/magazine Science. Not free nor published anywhere else.

[chiver78]

thanks Captain