Chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

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Terio and her colleagues in Tanzania discovered that chimpanzees suffer ill effects from infection with the simian immunodeficiency virus, contrary to what was previously thought. Scientists believe SIV-cpz is the precursor to HIV-1 in humans. 

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Photo courtesy Gretchen Anchor

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