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The Origin of AIDS: Mystery of the Chimps

Did the HIV1 virus originate with an endangered subspecies of chimpanzees in sub-Saharan Africa? In this program, ABC News correspondent John Donvan sums up the chain of events leading to that remarkable hypothesis. Then, anchor Forrest Sawyer; Dr. Anthony Fauci, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for Newsday; and conservationist Stewart Hudson, of the Jane Goodall Foundation, discuss the nature of infectious diseases, whether the chimp theory is viable, and the causes and effects of the African bush meat trade. Can researchers determine how these chimps stay healthy, despite HIV, before hunters drive them to extinction? (22 minutes)

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Item#: BVL9343
Copyright date: ©1999
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-1201-5


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