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:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- 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)