In a blow against a controversial theory about the origin of AIDS, tests have revealed that polio vaccine used more than 40 years ago in Africa wasn’t tainted with any viruses or chimpanzee DNA. Thus, polio vaccinations are unlikely to have caused the initial transfer of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to people, says Claudio Basilico of New York University Medical Center.
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