Actually, I think it was first spread to the human population in Africa through monkey bites, then the usual way... It has been traced in North America to a very promiscuous bisexual French-Canadian airline steward in the early 80's.
Yvonne
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In a message dated 9/12/00 4:46:05 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< Gosh, I thought it was the Africans having many sex partners. But now I
wonder how the gay population in the us began getting it?
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Supposedly it was brought by a gay airline steward