Jean-Claude Chermann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jean-Claude Chermann

French virologist

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1939

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Profession: physician, politician, virologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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).