Retrovirology (Oct 2008)

2008 Nobel prize in Medicine for discoverers of HIV

  • Berkhout Ben,
  • Lever Andrew ML

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-5-91
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
p. 91

Abstract

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Abstract Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, codiscoverers of HIV, the causative agent of AIDS, have been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. They share this prize with Harald zur Hausen who was responsible for establishing the link between human papilloma virus infection and cervical carcinoma.