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Med Hypotheses. 1993 Oct;41(4):289-99. The origin of HIV-1, the AIDS virus. Siefkes D. Abstract This article proposes a series of experiments to determine if cows and sheep could be used as animal models for HIV-1, the AIDS virus. To justify this effort, a substantial case is presented that HIV-1 is a natural recombinant of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) and Visna Virus. This natural recombinant may have been inadvertently transferred to humans through the Intensified Smallpox Eradication Program conducted in sub-Saharan Africa in the late 1960s and most of the 1970s. PIP: HIV-1 is a natural recombinant of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) and Visna Virus. The author posits that this recombinant virus may have been transferred to humans through the Intensified Smallpox Eradication Program conducted in sub-Sahara Africa in the late 1960s and most of the 1970s. If this is the case, knowledge thereof could help in the search for a cure or vaccine against AIDS. The paper discusses the correlation between the distribution of AIDS cases worldwide and the vaccination program which eradicated smallpox; offers facts about BLV, Visna, HIV-1, and the recombination of retrovirus genomes; and describes a series of experiments to determine if cows and sheep could be used as animal models for research into HIV-1. Weak points of the theory are also presented, such as why AIDS has appeared only recently even though the same method of vaccinating against smallpox has been used for almost 200 years. PMID: 8289690 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE ALORS OU TROUVER LA MULTITHERAPIE CONTRE L ANTIGENE BLV+VISNA QUI A PRIORI A HERITE DES DOMMAGES DE BLV ET CEUX DU VISNA SANS OUBLIER QUE CET ANTIGENE A PU CREER SES PROPRES DEGATS???