On viruses, discovery, and recognition

Cell. 2008 Dec 12;135(6):983-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.11.022.

Abstract

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine rewards the discoverers of two viruses that cause major afflictions of humankind. Identifying human papilloma virus (HPV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) might now appear to have been simple, but the way forward was far from obvious at the time.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / virology
  • Female
  • HIV*
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Human papillomavirus 16*
  • Human papillomavirus 18*
  • Humans
  • Nobel Prize*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / virology
  • Virology / history

Personal name as subject

  • Harald zur Hausen
  • Luc Montagnier
  • Françoise Barré-Sinoussi