See Also: AIDS Denialism and HIV Myths and Misunderstandings
Background Information
- Where Did HIV Come From? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Origin of HIV and AIDS (Avert)
Selected Recent Articles
- Meet a Very, Very Long-Term Survivor. (August 2016, Poz)
- Genetic Research Into Early AIDS Cases Further Debunks “Patient Zero” Myth. (March 2016, Poz)
- Monkeys Have Had HIV-Like Viruses for Millions of Years. (August 2015, Poz)
- Some Types of HIV Originated in West African Gorillas. (March 2015, Poz)
- African-American HIV Conspiracy Theories Derive From Mistrust. (February 2015, Poz)
- HIV Likely Spread Out of Kinshasa, the Congo, in 1920s. (October 2014, Poz)
- A new patient zero? Researchers may have spotted animal-to-human immunodeficiency virus transfer. (March 2012, AIDSmap)
- Colonialism Sparked the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. (February 2012, Poz)
- Point of Origin: The Discovery and Spread of HIV. (January/February 2011, Positively Aware)
- New strain of HIV originates in gorillas. (August 2009, AIDSmap)