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SIV simian immunodeficiency virus.
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It is from this second subspecies that SIV is believed to have jumped to humans on three separate occasions, yielding three types of HIV-1.
Byline: ANI London, July 23 (ANI): Challenging the long held belief that chimps are unlikely to develop AIDS, a new study has revealed that animals carrying SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus), the precursor to HIV-1, are likely to contract or die of the disease.
But, until now, SIV was thought to be unable to wreck apes' immune systems in the same way that HIV causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans.
 
 
 
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