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How could aids start or where did it came from?
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Best guess: Most experts feel it came from central Africa as a cross over from a similar disease in possibly chimpanzees. The central africans trap and eat these relatives of humans and thereby expose themselves to whatever diseases they might carry. Once a human got it, modern transportation and social behavior guaranteed a wide spread.
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