Ground Zero of HIV

The origins of HIV trace back to a hunter in central Africa around 1908, who unknowingly transmitted the virus after a bloody encounter with a chimpanzee. Over the decades, the virus spread through various means, eventually leading to the AIDS pandemic. Key milestones in its journey include its circulation in Kinshasa by the 1920s and its arrival in the U.S. by 1968, marking the beginning of a global health crisis.