where does AIDS originated?

Answer 1

Although a variety of theories exist explaining the transfer of HIV to humans, there is no widely accepted scientific consensus of any single hypothesis and the topic remains controversial. Freelance journalist Tom Curtis discussed one currently controversial possibility for the origin of HIV/AIDS in a 1992 Rolling Stone magazine article. He put forward what is now known as the OPV AIDS hypothesis, which suggests that AIDS was inadvertently caused in the late 1950s in the Belgian Congo by Hilary Koprowski's research into a polio vaccine.[104] Although subsequently retracted due to libel issues surrounding its claims, the Rolling Stone article motivated another freelance journalist, Edward Hooper, to probe more deeply into this subject. Hooper's research resulted in his publishing a 1999 book, The River, in which he alleged that an experimental oral polio vaccine prepared using chimpanzee kidney tissue was the route through which simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) crossed into humans to become HIV, thus starting the human AIDS pandemic.[105] Subsequently, this hypothesis has been refuted by examination of these original polio vaccine stocks and establishing that they do not contain material of chimpanzee origin.[106]

A minority of scientists and activists question the connection between HIV and AIDS,[107] or the existence of HIV,[108] or the validity of current testing methods. These claims are met with resistance by, and often evoke frustration and hostility from most of the scientific community, who accuse the dissenters of ignoring evidence in favor of HIV's role in AIDS, and irresponsibly posing a dangerous threat to public health by their continued activities.[109]

Some assert that the current mainstream approach to AIDS, based on HIV causation, has resulted in inaccurate diagnoses, psychological terror, toxic treatments, and a squandering of public funds.[110] The debate and controversy regarding this issue from the early 1980s to the present has provoked heated emotions and passions from both sides.

Answer 2

AIDS is the acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, which the National Center for Disease Control hung on a virus they were studying. They considered the virus unusual since it was found people that had not been irradiated. In other words, there had been similar diseases or conditions found in people that had undergone radiation treatment.

I found it interesting that there was a name for it after only seeing it in two patients. I'm surprised that the Conspiracy Theory folks didn't jump on this one. An irradiated virus, found only (initially) in the Gay population, during the Reagan administration. Hmmm!

I can't really give you much more that what it stands for. The origins of the actual disease are going to be the stuff urban legends are made of.

Answer 3

The disease AIDS was originated in the amazon forests of South America and was first found among a type of monkeys , which presented it to the human beings..... We should ever be greatful to them, for helping us to decrease the population of the world............. Dont worry, Take it as a fun... OK

Answer 4

America.

Scientists (who got grants from cosmetic companies
) racing for a vaccine for polio created it by accident. Our government then deported certain scientists that violated certain restrictions. Those scientist then went to Africa under another Governments jurisdiction (Sweden or something) and started again. They used monkey livers to create the polio vaccine both here and Africa. The only exception was, in Africa they didn't test the monkeys before they used them. Then they vaccinated the African people with a bad vaccine and they used the same needle multiple times without sterilizing it. (That's way we use disposable ones today.)

Anyway, just look up how vaccines are made. It will make you think twice about getting a flu vaccination.

Plus most pills and supplements and vaccines are made from the excretions or body parts of living beings. Like estrogen pills are made from the piss of pregnant horses. Or beauty creams are made from placenta (placenta of what..i don't know). Cod liver oil supplements are made from the excretions of an actual liver of a fish.

Makes my stomach sick just by thinking about it. I think I might go vegetarian come to think of it.

Answer 5

Origin of HIV
The AIDS epidemic was discovered June 5, 1981, when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a cluster of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (now classified as Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia) in five homosexual men in Los Angeles.[98] Originally dubbed GRID, or Gay-Related Immune Deficiency, health authorities soon realized that nearly half of the people identified with the syndrome were not homosexual men. In 1982, the CDC introduced the term AIDS to describe the newly recognized syndrome.

Three of the earliest known instances of HIV infection are as follows:

1. A plasma sample taken in 1959 from an adult male living in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.[99]
2. HIV found in tissue samples from a 15 year old African-American teenager who died in St. Louis in 1969.[100]
3. HIV found in tissue samples from a Norwegian sailor who died around 1976.[101]

Two species of HIV infect humans: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is more virulent and more easily transmitted. HIV-1 is the source of the majority of HIV infections throughout the world, while HIV-2 is not as easily transmitted and is largely confined to West Africa.[102] Both HIV-1 and HIV-2 are of primate origin. The origin of HIV-1 is the Central Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) found in southern Cameroon.[103] It is established that HIV-2 originated from the Sooty Mangabey (Cercocebus atys), an Old World monkey of Guinea Bissau, Gabon, and Cameroon.

Although a variety of theories exist explaining the transfer of HIV to humans, there is no widely accepted scientific consensus of any single hypothesis and the topic remains controversial. Freelance journalist Tom Curtis discussed one currently controversial possibility for the origin of HIV/AIDS in a 1992 Rolling Stone magazine article. He put forward what is now known as the OPV AIDS hypothesis, which suggests that AIDS was inadvertently caused in the late 1950s in the Belgian Congo by Hilary Koprowski's research into a polio vaccine.[104] Although subsequently retracted due to libel issues surrounding its claims, the Rolling Stone article motivated another freelance journalist, Edward Hooper, to probe more deeply into this subject. Hooper's research resulted in his publishing a 1999 book, The River, in which he alleged that an experimental oral polio vaccine prepared using chimpanzee kidney tissue was the route through which simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) crossed into humans to become HIV, thus starting the human AIDS pandemic.[105] Subsequently, this hypothesis has been refuted by examination of these original polio vaccine stocks and establishing that they do not contain material of chimpanzee origin.[106]

Answer 6

Aids originated in Africa. It was originally transmitted from a particular animal to humans and then spread from there.

Answer 7

Some black guy in Africa humped amonkey and brought it over here. Not being racist but it was the last known evidance done by a study from the National AIDS center.

Answer 8

I heard that aids originated when two white gay guys got together and popped each others bootie cherry and some kinda vein busted and thats how u get aids.

Answer 9

There's a theory that it is a man made virus introduced to wipe out poorer less developed populations in order for the world population to decrease to safer levels. I doubt very much it came from eating a raw chimp. Also heard it spread through a gay male flight attendant. But I guess hey, we may never know.

Answer 10

There is a similar disease in chimps. It is believed that in the 1950's, a man in western Africa was bitten by a chimp which carried the disease, and it mutated into HIV. It may have stayed as a localized disease until it began showing up in the general population in the 1970's.