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Living with HIV and AIDS

Question 9 • *KCPS Personal and Family Living (REVISED)

HIV is thought have originated by __________.

Answer
A
apes passing the disease to hunters
B
early explorers traveling in jungles
C
people drinking contaminated water
D
mutations in the gene pool

Explanation

HIV is thought to have originated when a related virus passed from nonhuman primates to people. Contact with infected animal blood, for example while hunting or preparing an animal, could have allowed the virus to enter a person and eventually adapt to humans. So the best answer is apes passing the disease to hunters.

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