Do you think the aids virus is a result of human action?

Super bugs such as MRS have come into existance because of our over use of anti-biotics. I was wondering if we've done something that has created the aids virus.

matt, I am a nurse and worked in hospitals MRSA means staph aurus that is resistant to the anti-biotic methycillin thus the term, Methycillin Resistant Staph. Auri. It has been disputed but generally believed that the frequent exposure of staph auri to anit biotics (Methycilling) has caused this virus/bacteria to become resistant. Staph A. is part of the normal flora found on the skin throat and mouths of almost everyone, but when colonized it can cause infection. Dr's have now cut back on prescribing anti biotics for fear of breeding other super bugs that are penicillin resistant. The reason why mrsa is so prevelant in hospital wards is because of the careless use of ani biotics.

HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) is a descendant of various strains of SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) in certain groups of primates in Africa and possibly Asia. We know this by looking at the genetic code of SIV and HIV and from that can make educated guesses as to when SIV jumped to humans.

As far as how SIV first infected humans.....no it was not likely from someone having sex with a monkey. Think about it.... primates are a food source for people. Hunters therefore are at risk as they can be (and usually are) exposed to blood from the monkey while securing or butchering the animal. That is probably the most likely route of transmission.

The whole "sex with monkeys" idea is simply another way to stigmatize HIV/AIDS and smells of racism.

HIV is a retrovirus and retroviruses are very widely dispersed in nature, having been described in virtually all vertebrates, mollusks, insects, and other invertebrates. Analysis shows that all retroviruses seem to share a common ancestor that could very well have lived millions of years ago.

The timeline of when exactly HIV jumped from primate to human has not been proven conclusively, but last year a researcher proved that HIV originated in chimpanzees from a small corner in Cameroon. (Dr. Beatrice Hahn)

Evolution. The source of all natures reactions, changes etc

The aids virus began in the primates (monkeys) that had not used anti-bionics-so I do not think the use of anti-bionics caused aids.

It has been said by people investigating Aids virus, that it originated from monkeys in Africa. I will leave it to you to figure out the only way it could have got into the human strain.

No, but if we're not careful, we could create an AIDS strain that is resistant to anti-virals...
And I think you mean MRSA, Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus. It actually was created by the misuse of antibiotics, primarily in hospitals. There is one antibiotic, if done long enough by IV, that can kill it off, but how long it will continue to be effective is anyone's guess.

The virus is called HIV = Human immunodeficiency virus. When HIV infection becomes advanced it often is referred to as AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

The most interesting lentivirus in terms of the investigation into the origins of HIV is the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) that affects monkeys.In February 1999 a group of researchers from the University of Alabama announced that they had found a type of SIV that was almost identical to HIV-1. This particular strain was identified in a frozen sample taken from a captive member of the sub-group of chimpanzees known as Pan troglodytes troglodytes which were once common in west-central Africa. The most commonly accepted theory is that of the 'hunter'. In this scenario, SIV was transferred to humans as a result of chimps being killed and eaten or their blood getting into cuts or wounds on the hunter.

I agree.. goverment funded