The virus that causes almost all the cases of AIDS worldwide, called HIV-1, has jumped species to infect humans on at least four separate occasions, generating four HIV-1 lineages - groups M, N, O, and P, a source reported. Previous research has found that groups M and N originated in geographically distinct chimpanzee communities in
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