Types of HIV carried by chimps can infect humans: Study
A new study led by researchers have found the evidence that strains of chimpanzee-carried simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and even the forms of HIV, can infect human cells.
Jul 23, 2016, 10:37 AM ISTNew forms of HIV can jump from animals to humans
The researchers found that the SIV ancestor of HIV-1 M - the strain responsible for the global HIV pandemic - and another ancestral strain of HIV found only among residents of Cameroon can jump from animals to humans.
Jul 22, 2016, 12:58 PM IST