5/26/2006

HIV's Ancestry Traced to Wild Chimps

An article on the Discovery Channel website says that HIV's ancestry has been traced to wild chimps. Apparently, the process for proving this involved tracking wild chimps and collecting their virus-laden feces (and you thought your job was bad). The article goes on to say that:
"Presumably, someone in rural Cameroon was bitten by a chimp or cut while butchering one and became infected with the SIV virus."

Uh huh. That's one theory. I've got another one. I won't say what it is, but it rhymes with "limp trucker".

No comments:

..................................

..................................