African Ape Hunters Pick Up New 'HIV Family' Viruses

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African Ape Hunters Pick

Up New 'HIV Family' Viruses

Comment

Dr. Alan Cantwell, MD

5-17-5

 

Humans, apes, monkeys, and chimps are ALL primates. In the

classification of the species, " HUMAN PRIMATES " are separated from

" NON-HUMAN PRIMATES. "

 

If is so easy for viruses from non-human primates to be transferred

into " human " primates like us (see below) ------ surely it is easy to pass

HUMAN viruses into non-human primates. This species transfer of viruses

between human and non-human primate species has been going on PRIMARILY in

laboratory virus transfer EXPERIMENTS for the past half century.

 

Rather than hunting for possible " precursors " of HIV in the African

jungle, why has there been NO ATTEMPT to look at the various LABORATORY

viruses that were combined in the 1960s and 1970s by mixing together human

and non-human primate viruses?

 

These scientists who are looking for HIV precursors in the African

bush should know full well that it is much more likely that the " origin " of

HIV can be found in the virus transfer experiments between monkeys and man,

particularly during the 1970s " WAR ON CANCER " that preceded the outbreak of

the AIDS epidemic in the USA in the late 1970s EXCLUSIVELY among gay men --

and the outbreak of the African AIDS epidemic that began in the early 1980s.

 

This is the why the " man-made theory of origin " of HIV/AIDS ( via

contaminated vaccines) is the most likely explanation for the " mysterious

origin " of AIDS -- and why scientists have been loath to consider this

hypothesis -- and why it is still a TABOO subject in medical science and the

brain-dead major media.

 

Regards,

Alan Cantwell, MD

Author of AIDS AND THE DOCTORS OF DEATH

 

For more information, do a google search for: " man-made AIDS " (1,060

citations)

 

 

African Ape Hunters Pick Up New 'HIV Family' Viruses

 

BBC News

5-17-5

 

Two new viruses from the same family as HIV have been discovered in

central Africans who hunt non-human primates.

 

Researchers say their work proves it is not unusual for potentially

dangerous viruses to jump from primates to man.

 

They say it is important to monitor disease in bushmeat hunters

closely, as any virus they contract from animals may spread to the community

at large.

 

The study, led by the US Johns Hopkins University, is published in

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

 

" Far from being rare events, retroviruses are actively crossing into

human populations. "

--Dr Nathan Wolfe

 

The new viruses identified in the latest study come from a group

known as the retroviruses, which are known to cause serious illnesses in

humans.

 

They have been named Human T-lymphotropic Virus types 3 and 4

(HTLV-3 and HTLV-4).

 

Humans have previously been infected by HTLV-1 and HTLV-2. In most

cases, infection does not produce symptoms, but it can trigger neurological

problems, and even leukaemia.

 

Lead researcher Dr Nathan Wolfe said: " The emergence of HIV from

primate origins has cost millions of lives.

 

" The discoveries of HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 show that, far from being rare

events, retroviruses are actively crossing into human populations. "

 

Blood Samples

 

The research team collected and examined blood samples from more

than 900 people living throughout Cameroon.

 

All the individuals studied reported some exposure to blood and body

fluids of nonhuman primates, contact mostly due to hunting and butchering of

bushmeat, and in some cases to keeping primates as pets.

 

Analysis of the blood samples showed that various simian (ape)

viruses had infected the participants.

 

The two previously unknown viruses were found in two bushmeat

hunters.

 

HTLV-3 is similar to a simian virus called STLV-3, and was most

likely contracted through direct contact with a primate during hunting.

 

HTLV-4 does not have a known primate counterpart, making its origin

less clear. The researchers believe it could have arisen through

cross-species transmission from an animal carrying an unknown form of STLV.

 

The same team discovered another primate retrovirus - the simian

foamy virus (SFV) - in bushmeat hunters last year.

 

Threat Unclear

 

At this stage it is unclear whether either of the two newly

discovered viruses or SFV are harmful to humans, or can be transferred from

person to person.

 

However, the researchers say their work clearly shows that hunting

provides the opportunity for viruses to jump the species barrier.

 

Dr Wolfe said: " Ongoing collaboration with hunters in central Africa

gives us the potential to predict and prevent disease emergence.

 

" Given the incredible potential costs of a new human retrovirus

spreading into the general population, the development of sentinel systems

for forecasting disease emergence - such as long-term surveillance of

hunters - should be seen as a human health imperative. "

 

Dr Deenan Pillay, an expert in virology at University College

London, UK, told the BBC News website that it had been thought few viruses

jumped the species barrier.

 

" This research suggests that there seems to be far more transmission

of a whole range of primate viruses into humans than was previously

thought, " he said.

 

" But that is not alarming in its own right. If the virus fails to

replicate, or to be passed on to others, then it does not pose a threat.

 

" However, if cross-species transmission is such a frequent event,

then all it takes is for one virus to really take hold in somebody, and be

passed on to others for it to take off in humans. "

 

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