Jean-Claude Chermann
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Jean-Claude Chermann is a French
virologist who played a major role in the research team which, by 1983, headed by Luc Montagnier
, had discovered the causative virus. It was named lymphadenopathy-associated virus, or LAV. A year later, a team led by Robert Gallo
of the United States
confirmed the discovery of the virus, but renamed it human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III).
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
virologist who played a major role in the research team which, by 1983, headed by Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier
Luc Antoine Montagnier is a French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus...
, had discovered the causative virus. It was named lymphadenopathy-associated virus, or LAV. A year later, a team led by Robert Gallo
Robert Gallo
Robert Charles Gallo is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus , the infectious agent responsible for the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.Gallo is the...
of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
confirmed the discovery of the virus, but renamed it human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III).