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Possible Route of Infection of African Green Monkeys by SIV

Caption: The arrows on this map of Africa illustrates the UA researchers' hypothesis that SIV first infected the westernmost species of African green monkey and then moved east across the continent.

Credit: Credit: Joel Wertheim and Michael Worobey, courtesy of PLoS Pathogens.

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