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Originally posted by SilverTab
In fact, the HIV actually comes from a monkey (in the very beginning) correct me if i'm wrong but I think they have the virus in their genes, it just doesn't develop....
You gotta wonder how it came to humans, if it's a monkey disease...considering the way you can transmit it....
oh well.. 
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the latest research on the origin of hiv is quite fascinating.
It looks like hiv crossed over from chimps to humans sometime in the 1950s or before. The first recorded case was a norwegian sailor in the 1950s(how the scientists figured that one out is fascinating in its own right).
Anyway chimps have had their version of hiv for 2 million years and have had time to develop a some immunity. Would that it were so for humans.
Very few viruses cross the species barrier. When they do, its news: remember the mad cow disease in england?