Basically all primates can die of AIDS; Human-Primates (you guys) first get infected with HIV, and nonhuman primates (like me) get infected with SIV. Scientists thought only Asian macaques (a monkey) could develop AIDS after being infected with SIV, but years of research has determined that is not the case.
First, scientists thought the virus was not harmful to their hosts (African chimpanzees), but a long-term study of a wild population found some chimps that were naturally infected with SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus), die early and their babies die within a year of birth.
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Related to this story is a story that changes the way we think this deadly virus can travel.
Recently a strain of SIV normally found in gorillas was found in a woman. This is the first time that a strain known to be found in gorillas was found in a human.
Unfortunately this demonstrates that this horrible virus is evolving, but Doctors have said this does not pose any new problems.
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We here at Piece of MoJo don't like to share sad news, but thought it has to be reported so that the people know whats going on. Because at the end of the day what happens to one of us could very well effect the other.
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