2006-06-08 18:04:56 · 4 answers · asked by partha s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
They think it began in Africa among animals and spread to the humans who ate those animals. It is spread through bodily fluids--blood transfusions, sexual intercourse and intravenous drug use are the most common ways it is spread.
2006-06-08 18:09:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a recent PBS program on Aids, They explained that the AIDS epidemic began in Central Africa in the 1960s with the transmission of a virus from a chimpanzee to that of a human. This likely occurred when the ape was being butchered as a source for meat.
HIV, which causes AIDS, spreads in humans through: blood transfusions, contaminated hypodermic needles, and sexual intercourse
2006-06-09 01:52:04 · answer #2 · answered by michael lascholl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From baboon ( a type of monkey) and it spreads by either of the following ways
Sexual intercourse
Blood transfusion
mother to child transmission
2006-06-09 01:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by Rachit Sood 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a green monkey in africa
2006-06-09 01:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by nightrider 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋