[Strategerist]

Can't help recalling one old thread where one person was unnacountably convinced that AIDS had started from Africans having SEX with monkeys.....

[neverdem]

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[goldstategop]

More AIDS, huh? Africa's so devastated already this hardly comes as news. And the new super AIDS bug discovered in the States makes these new retrovirus varieties seem utterly benign.

(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")

[endthematrix]

"The new survey also found that the lack of knowledge about a person's H.I.V. status was a bigger barrier to treatment than the lack of access to care."

Pretty profound statement. Privacy (or embarrassment) should not trump eradication of disease.

[endthematrix]

"The studies show that "there is frequent ongoing transmission" from nonhuman primates, Dr. Heneine told reporters in an interview."

Dare I say HOW?

[genefromjersey]

Hunting of "bush meat" has been suggested as a zoonotic vector for a number of diseases.

It might be worth noting chimpanzees also hunt "bush meat";ie:human infants,and various monkey species.This is almost an ideal situation for cross-species viral mutation,IMHO.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A particular interest has been so-called foamy viruses, which are not known to cause disease in humans.

Did somebody mention the Lord and Master?