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Scientific newssheets presents each month the latest results of research of the IRD. They reflect the current event of the institute's researchers and make comprehensible the actual challenges of the research for the development of southern countries.

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Ten years ago, at the IRD

The origin of HIV-1 New clarification from an epidemiological study in central Africa

April 2001

The question of the origin of HIV-1, the virus responsible for the worldwide Aids epidemic, has been stirring the scientific community for several years.

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