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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 17, 2020

Origin of HIV-1 in the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes troglodytes.

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Nature, 397, 436-440. 1999 CE.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Gao, Bailes, Robertson, Hahn. Demonstration, led by Hahn, that HIV-1 originated specifically in the chimpanzee--a mutant of the chimp SIV (SIV-cpz) which acquired mutations sufficient to allow it to jump from chimpanzee to humans.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this entry and its interpretation.)

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