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Polio vaccines and the origin of AIDS
B F Elswood et al. Med Hypotheses. 1994 Jun.
Abstract
Although mass vaccination programs have resulted in the
eradication of a number of human infectious diseases, vaccine
contamination has been a persistent concern. In particular, it is now
known that the early polio vaccines were contaminated with at least one
monkey virus, SV40. The transfer of monkey viruses to man via
contaminated vaccines is particularly relevant to the acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), since the causative agent of AIDS,
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is thought to be derived from a
simian precursor virus. Furthermore, human infection with this virus
appears to be a relatively recent event. We hypothesize that the AIDS
pandemic may have originated with a contaminated polio vaccine that was
administered to inhabitants of Equatorial Africa from 1957 to 1959. The
mechanism of evolution of HIV from this vaccine remains to be
determined.
Simian virus 40, poliovirus vaccines, and human cancer: research progress versus media and public interests - PubMed
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Simian virus 40, poliovirus vaccines, and human cancer: research progress versus media and public interests
J S Butel. Bull World Health Organ. 2000.
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From 1955 through early 1963, millions of people were inadvertently exposed to simian virus 40 (SV40) as a contaminant of poliovirus vaccines; the virus had been present in the monkey kidney cultures used to prepare the vaccines and had escaped detection. SV40 was discovered in 1960 and subsequently eliminated from poliovirus vaccines. This article reviews current knowledge about SV40 and considers public responses to reports in the media. SV40 is a potent tumour virus with broad tissue tropism that induces tumours in rodents and transforms cultured cells from many species. It is also an important laboratory model for basic studies of molecular processes in eukaryotic cells and mechanisms of neoplastic transformation. SV40 neutralizing antibodies have been detected in individuals not exposed to contaminated poliovirus vaccines. There have been many reports of detection of SV40 DNA in human tumours, especially mesotheliomas, brain tumours and osteosarcomas; and DNA sequence analyses have ruled out the possibility that the viral DNA in tumours was due to laboratory contamination or that the virus had been misidentified. However, additional studies are necessary to prove that SV40 is the cause of certain human cancers. A recently published review article evaluated the status of the field and received much media attention. The public response emphasized that there is great interest in the possibility of health risks today from vaccinations received in the past.
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