Sailors and star-bursts, and the arrival of HIV

The earliest confirmed case of AIDS in the world was a young Norwegian sailor who was infected with HIV-1 group O--probably in Cameroon in 1961-62. Phylogenetic evidence shows that HIV-1 groups M and O show a "star-burst" phylogeny, with different subtypes suddenly emerging around 1959.

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1997-12, Vol.315 (7123), p.1689-1691
1. Verfasser:	Hooper, Edward
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adult AIDS AIDS/HIV Animals Biological and medical sciences Creutzfeldt Jakob syndrome Disease Outbreaks - history Education and Debate Epidemiology History History of medicine History, 20th Century HIV HIV 1 HIV 2 HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - history HIV Infections - transmission HIV Infections - virology HIV-1 - classification HIV-2 - classification Human viral diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Naval Medicine Norway - epidemiology Retroviruses, Simian Travel Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids Viruses Zoonoses Zoonoses - transmission
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Zusammenfassung:	The earliest confirmed case of AIDS in the world was a young Norwegian sailor who was infected with HIV-1 group O--probably in Cameroon in 1961-62. Phylogenetic evidence shows that HIV-1 groups M and O show a "star-burst" phylogeny, with different subtypes suddenly emerging around 1959.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.315.7123.1689