Tissue sample confirms HIV has been infecting humans for a century

48-year-old lymph node biopsy reveals the history of the deadly virus.

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Heidi Ledford
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Ledford, H. Tissue sample confirms HIV has been infecting humans for a century. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1143