Jean-Claude Chermann

French virologist
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IntroFrench virologist
PlacesFrance
isPhysician Virologist Politician
Work fieldBiology Healthcare Politics
Gender
Male
Birth23 March 1939, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Age85 years
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Biography

Jean-Claude Chermann is a French virologist who managed the research team which, by 1983, under the administrative supervision of Luc Montagnier, had discovered the virus associated with AIDS. Whereas second author of this initial publication and obviously involved as team manager in this discovery, he had been omitted from the Nobel Prize attributed to its colleagues. The virus 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).

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