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First AIDs patient 'was WWI soldier who was hunting chimps for food,' claims doctor

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA top doctor who has dedicated his life to discovering the origin of HIV claims the first human patient was a World War One soldier who caught HIV from a chimp.Professor Jacques Pepin, an epidemiologist at Université de Sherbrooke in Canada, concluded in 2011 that HIV likely infected a hunter in Cameroon at the start of the 20th century.

The virus was then thought to have spread throughout Léopoldville, now known as Kinshasa in the Congo, later travelling overseas.

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