HIV Theory's

I decided to compare The 'Hunter' Theory to The contamination Needle Theory. I foud that reading through both theories, that I could see how both were plausible to the spread of HIV-1.

The 'Hunter' Theory proposed that actual hunters were infected by the SIV virus from chimps blood/meat. The infection came from hunters accidently cutting themselves with the knives and the chimps blood getting into the wound, as well as just eating the chimps meats. I found that this is a very pluasable cause simply becuase the hunters were in direct contact with not ony the meat of the chimps, but also with the blood. This was a good example of direct contact infection. Also, the SFV virus was comparable to the SIV due to the thoughts that only this virus only infected primates. It also could be compared to the transmition of the virus by the buthcering of chimps.

The contamination Needle Theory was a theory that was based off the sharing of syringes. This theory has a direct coorilation to the Hunters Theory due to the fact that if an infected "hunter" were to possibly share a needle of some sort, that would automatically transmitt the virus to the next patient and so on. In the
1950's, disposable plastic syringes around the world were reported to be very cheap. However, in places such places as Africa, where this would be very costly, espicially due to the population mass. So, the sharing of needles was a very common procedure. The spread of HIV-1 became a very easily transmitted virus.

Both Theories argue very strong points as well coorilating together. Lets say a hunter cuts himself while cutting the meet off a chimp; blood from the chimp enters the hunters cut and infects him. Later on, the hunter is needing to get and infection of some sort at a doctors office. After getting injected the hunter goes his way, leaving his footsteps of transmitting the HIV-1 to the next patient and so on. It makes total sense.