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Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnie
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| Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnie | | The Human Retrovirus HIV |
(1980s) Competing scientists Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier separately discovered a new retrovirus later dubbed HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), and identified it as the causative agent of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).