Recent evolutionary history of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype B--response

The year of origin estimated by Lukashov and Goudsmit for HIV-1 subtype B is 1976 (95% CI, 1974-1977); this is significantly different from our prior estimate, 1967 (95% CI, 1960-1971). We review published evidence, which suggests that their estimate is too late.