Montagnier portrays himself in the subtitle of his book as the co discoverer of hiv he truly is the discoverer of hiv jointly with the key members of the pasteur team chermann and barre sinoussi but he may not be generally considered the person who showed for the first time that hiv was the cause of aids while early independent isolations were made by montagnier gallo and levy in the years 1983 and 1984 montagnier chermann and barre sinoussi were without any doubt the first to . Virus the co discoverer of hiv tracks its rampage and charts the future amazonde montagnier luc sartarelli stephen fremdsprachige bucher. Virus the co discoverer of hiv tracks its rampage and charts the future article in bmj clinical research 3217266 october 2000 with 6 reads how we measure reads. Virus is a detailed account of the work of the investigators at the pasteur institute in their search to find the cause of aids montagnier gives his personal insights into hiv epidemiology treatment and prevention including vaccine development he also discusses future directions in hiv research and measures that should be taken to curb the spread of the virus in developing countries. Virus the co discoverer of hiv tracks its rampage and charts the future user review not available book verdict the question of who identified the hiv virus and the related lawsuit over