history went through a washing in regard to 'who discovered hiv'. first it was dr robert gallo and then he was termed co-discoverer as a i think a french guy had the virus under a lens so therefore discovered it. and now history doesnt mention robert gallo at all. he headed the "special cancer virus project" in the 70's was it? off plum island by new york city? this is where feline IV FIV comes from as well. some say HIV is just a type of antigen test unrelated to an actual virus but if cats have it idk. the story goes, a hep b vaccine was admind to a gay male populace by way of a flyer posted advertising the shot. this is why there was this boom of specifically gay males involved in whatever HIV was at that time. there is like 6+ varieties. the other epicenter was in south africa. a place CDC tests zika. never in record has a virus had such an inception. also lyme disease ive heard might be similar. and probably others.