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When did hiv first infect human beings and where from did it emerge?

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1930's: There is a case from the 1930's that has been retrospectively diagnosed in uk as due to hiv. It is currently felt that HIV got to humans from a simian immunodeficiency virus, either through the butchers who slaughtered the chimps and monkeys for food, or by other means.

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