HIV's Origins Explored

The infectivity of HIV varies significantly throughout its stages, with the highest viral load present shortly after infection and again at the AIDS stage. The history of HIV and AIDS unfolds in four acts, tracing its roots from Central Africa to its emergence in the U.S. during the 1980s. A pivotal moment in this narrative begins with a hunter in the early 1900s who, while butchering a chimpanzee, unknowingly sets off a chain of events leading to a global health crisis.