Photo: AIDS Virus Traveled to Haiti, Then U.S., Study Says



HIV made its way from Africa to Haiti, and then to the U.S. and the rest of the world, a new genetic analysis suggests.

The study sheds light on a long-standing debate over the history and origins of the AIDS-causing virus.

Image courtesy Dr. Michael Worobey


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