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From: cradov@hardy.math.umass.edu (Carlo Radovsky)
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Subject: Re: HIV -- early strains
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Date: 7 May 91 20:43:49 GMT
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In article <1991May4.210031.17111@cs.ucla.edu> jnynge@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>I read that in a Project Inform article that there is evidence of HIV
>infection dating back to the 1950's.  That is the first time I
>heard anything about that.  Does anyone have any info about that or
>any references??

   Sorry to not have any references handy, but here goes:

	In 1959, a sailor in England contracted and died of a
	mysterious disease.  Tissue samples were kept, and with the
	advent of the test enabling genetic identification of the
	virus, it was determined that the man DID have HIV.

							Biagio