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Where did AIDS come from?

I’m confused about where AIDS comes from. Is it true it came from apes?

The first cases of HIV in Africa were diagnosed in the 1980s. There is a belief that HIV could have been a virus present in apes, which was passed on to humans who ate infected animals. For most people, HIV is contracted by having unprotected sex with someone who is infected with the virus.

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