On viruses, discovery, and recognition.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2008.11.022 and PMC identifier 7127708.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- HIV
- Human papillomavirus 16
- Human papillomavirus 18
- Nobel Prize