Secrets of the Dead on PBS ran a story a year or so ago that tied the survivors of the Plague to modern-day people who seem to be immune to AIDS.
People who survived the Plague are the ancestors of most of us who have western European ancestors.
It went into detail about genetic links and the fact that there are people today who have been exposed to HIV for years and not ever developed it themselves. It also said that this research is in the early stages. One of the outcomes is that a genetic marker could be sought out to determine a person's propensity to develop AIDS from exposure to HIV.
Anyhow, it sounds like a distant cousin to the research going on with the Nairobi women.
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