biography
pronunciation:
[mõtanyay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1932– )
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| biography:
| French virologist. Working at the Institut Pasteur in Paris in 1983, he discovered a retrovirus he called LAV, suspected of causing AIDS. Robert Gallo, working in the USA, claimed in 1984 that he had discovered the virus earlier, and had named it HTLV-3. The virus is now known as HIV (Human Immune-deficiency Virus), and Montagnier and Gallo are listed as co-discoverers. |
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