The dispute over discovery of HIV virus began in 1984, when Robert Gallo, a US scientist announced that his team had isolated a new virus, believed to be the cause of AIDS. Gallo named the virus HTLV-III.
At the same time, Luc Montagnier, a french scientist, was also working on isolating virus that causes AIDS. In 1983, Montagnier's team had isolated retrovirus from lymph nodes of patient with AIDS that they named Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus (LAV).
In 1985, scientists confirmed that LAV and HTLV-III were the same virus. The virus was renamed Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
The dispute arose about who should be credited of the discovery. After long dispute, In 1987, US and France reached a joint agreement that Gallo and Montagnier shared credit for the discovery of HIV, and they and their governments would share the patent royalties.
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