University of Florida scientists explain why two subtypes of HIV-1 — the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS — held steady at relatively low levels for more than 50 years in west central Africa before erupting as an epidemic in east Africa in the 1970s.
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Scientists join forces to explain HIV spread in central and east Africa
By John Pastor • Oct 7th, 2009 • Category: From the Lab, Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory MedicineUF biologists join world experts in experiment to explore flu origins
By Czerne Reid • May 6th, 2009 • Category: Faculty in the News, Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory MedicineA UF evolutionary biology group joins other world experts in investigating the genetic origins of the current flu outbreak.
