if HIV originally came from chimps who got it from eating a smaller monkey and it’s not transmitted by air etc like the cold. Why are we having such a hard time eradicating it in human hosts?

Question

if HIV originally came from chimps who got it from eating a smaller monkey and it’s not transmitted by air etc like the cold. Why are we having such a hard time eradicating it in human hosts?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Because the health services in some countries mean that an infected person can still pass on the disease even after being diagnosed and in many cases they aren’t diagnosed for years after having caught it.