2007-01-12 01:07:49 · 5 answers · asked by fcashyam 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Frozen samples from as early as the 1950s in Central Africa have been shown to be infected with the HI virus. The virus has been around for a long time, but has only become this virulent in a much more recent past. RNA viruses mutate and evolve to better survive and multiply inside the host, and the HI virus is no exception. Unfortunately, it eventually kills the host, which I believe is something not in the best interest of the virus itself.
HIV belongs to a subtype called called the "slow" retroviruses, as it has a Iong life-span before symptoms can be seen. I live in Southern Africa and am currently working with HIV+ people in hospitals and labs, we have areas with over 75% prevalence, it´s a public health disaster and very depressing...
2007-01-12 01:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by Peter 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Aid virus is always been around, but monkeys were the only carriers. It was not on till scientist decided the we humans beans decent from the monkeys, that Aids first appear. Wen they began testing with monkeys in the laboratories by mixing human and monkeys DNA back and forth, then is wen Aids begin to surface. African people and monkeys have cohabited in the bush for thousands of years before aids was heard of. the scientist started something that now they can not stop.
2007-01-12 09:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by Spanish Princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While waiting in a Dr.'s office several yrs. ago I real a very extensive article on that however I am not sure that at this time that explanation is still valid, you should be able to research it on the net, what I read was that they thought at that time a particuliar monkey in Africa, and I believe it was called the Green monkey used to raid the villagers garbage cans continually and they were always getting after them, a few people got bit and scratched and they think the virus was able to cross over to humans from the monkeys, and from there of course it spread,but originally came from Africa and animals there, that was my understanding.
2007-01-12 09:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by sweetyebug3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a disease prevailing among primates like gorillas and it came to humans cause somebody had sex with a gorilla. This was during the British rule it spread over to all the world. This is one theory but the other states that it transferred to humans from ape during an attack in the jungle. Then it spread over among humans over sex, blood transmission or mother to child.
2007-01-12 09:47:06 · answer #4 · answered by Bacti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like most viruses, it adapted and mutated from one thing to something else that was harmful to humans.
2007-01-12 09:11:15 · answer #5 · answered by tomhale138 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋