(Previous studies have also identified the town as the likely site of the first HIV infection.) “The soldiers spent three or four months in Moloundou before moving forward. When they were there, the main problem was not bullets from the enemy, but starvation,” Pepin told The Daily Mail. It was hard to get enough supplies and many soldiers starved to death, forcing others to hunt for food. Eventually, the soldier, after the war, came back all the way to Léopoldville and probably started the very first train of transmission in Léopoldville itself.”

Source: National Post February 04, 2021 12:00 UTC