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The Chimp and the River
The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest | David Quammen
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The real story of AIDS - how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human and infected more than 60 million people - is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises (…more)
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Pedrocamacho
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This book is a follow up to “Spillover” and it focuses specifically on the story of HIV. It‘s genesis (coming from SIV), when / where / how it entered the human population (~1908, Western Cameroon, and, likely, the Cut Hunter hypothesis), and how it went from a local disease to a global pandemic. It‘s a very informative read.

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PomegranateMuse
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Quammen slays myth while offering a probable narrative for the origins of AIDS in humans as the result of the spillover of SIV (HIV) from non-human apes into the human population. Him writing is clear, concise, and he makes every effort to guide readers through the phylogeny and microbiology minutiae to the “AH-HA!” moments. At only 139 pages it is easily tackled and serves as either a great prequel OR sequel to Quammen‘s Spillover.

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