Montagnier

Montagnier definition - medical

Mon·ta·gnier (mŏnˌtən-yāˈ, môɴ-tä-nyāˈ), Luc Born 1932.

French virologist who was one of the first to identify the virus that causes AIDS and to develop a blood test for it.

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