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""We're showing that these retroviruses are regularly crossing into humans," Wolfe, who reported the findings in The Lancet medical journal, said
in an interview.
from the article:
"Transmission of retroviruses to humans is not limited to a few isolated occurrences which led to HIV. This is a regularly occurring phenomena," he
added.
Scientists know from historical evidence that these types of viruses have the potential to cause a pandemic. HIV is thought to have been transmitted
in a very similar way. "
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