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A genetic variant peculiar to Africans substantially raises their risk of infection with HIV, according to research that suggests evolved susceptibility may be helping to drive the continent's Aids epidemic.
The 90 per cent of Africans who carry the DNA variation are 40 per cent more likely to contract HIV than those without it, after similar exposure to the virus, scientists from Britain and America have found.
And advanced forms of biological warfare that can "target" specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool.
Originally posted by Queen Maeve
I recall it being first proposed through the study of demographics that there was some genetic marker that predisposed Africans to HIV/AIDS.
Sexual behaviour is also involved in the epidemic in Africa, the only part of the world in which it predominantly affects heterosexuals.
Originally posted by Queen Maeve
Later it was theorized that HIV/AIDS was a bio-engineered weapon aimed at African populations, well, aimed at exterminating Africans in general.
Originally posted by Queen Maeve
Then U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney admitted that the USA possessed race specific weapons that could target Asians and others.
Originally posted by Queen Maeve
The current revelation by scientists solidifies the data on the link between HIV/Aids and Africans and because of the nature of viruses and selectivity, the idea of a virus appearing that targets the DNA of an enormous number of Africans points to its crafting or weaponization in a laboratory.