title: Historical essay. Discovering the cause of AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Stanley B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Prusiner
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000266:history; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000821:virology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology; D014776:Virus Cultivation