Title:

Naming the AIDS Virus

Creator:

Varmus, Harold

Date:

[10 April 1986]

Description:

In this draft Varmus reviewed the contentious scientific, medical, and political issues surrounding the work of a subcommittee of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses that was charged with the task of proposing a uniform nomenclature for the human retrovirus that causes AIDS. After more than a year of deliberations, the subcommittee, which Varmus chaired, proposed the name human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.

Original Repository:

University of California, San Francisco. Archives and Special Collections. Harold E. Varmus Papers

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 25

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Regents of the University of California.

Genre:

Speeches
Drafts (documents)

Subject:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Terminology as Topic

Format:

Text

Extent:

15 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. University of California, San Francisco. Archives and Special Collections. Harold E. Varmus Papers. 12290

Legacy ID:

MVBBMS

NLM ID:

101584926X197

Profiles Collection:

The Harold Varmus Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X197

Story Section:

AIDS and HIV: Science, Politics, and Controversy, 1981-1993