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Comment Re:Cure for HIV. . . (Score 2, Informative) 477

by certciv on Saturday October 29, 2005 @02:40PM (#13905440) Attached to: Gene Found In Black Death Survivors Stops HIV

You make it sound like malaria has never been a problem in N. America, when in fact it was a serious problem in the Southeast United States. Starting around the turn of the century a series of public health campaigns effectively eliminated it. There are plenty of mosquitoes capable of carrying malaria in N. America, it's just that a very small percentage are infected.

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