Did aids come from monkeys?
It's generally belief that HIV comes from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus: certain strains of SIVs are similar to HIV-1 & HIV-2.
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HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency virus. It is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections.
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