Naming the AIDS Virus

Naming the AIDS Virus

Contributor(s):
Varmus, Harold
University of California, San Francisco. Archives and Special Collections. Harold E. Varmus Papers
Publication:
Produced: [10 April 1986]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Terminology as Topic
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Drafts (documents)
Abstract:
In this draft Varmus reviewed the contentious scientific, medical, and political issues surrounding the work of a subcommittee of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses that was charged with the task of proposing a uniform nomenclature for the human retrovirus that causes AIDS. After more than a year of deliberations, the subcommittee, which Varmus chaired, proposed the name human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.
Copyright:
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Extent:
15 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584926X197 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
MVBBMS
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X197
Archival Collection:
The Harold Varmus Papers (Profiles in Science)