The early years of HIV research: integrating clinical and basic research
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Retrovirus Biology Unit, Virology Department, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. fbarre@pasteur.fr
Between the first analysis of patient samples in early 1983 and the determination of the sequence of HIV-1 in 1985, a vast amount of data was accumulated on HIV through the integrated efforts of clinicians, virologists, immunologists, molecular biologists and epidemiologists. These early years of HIV research quickly led to strategies for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of HIV/AIDs
