Discovery in 1986 that a lot of virus in the blood of a HIV seropositive individual was directly related to the presence of symptoms of AIDS and that the presence of virus in the blood predicted fast development of AIDS…
Discovery of the Papovavirus BK in 1981 (strain designated DIk as a pun on a previous isolate Dun, meaning Fat for DIK and Thin for Dun) in urine of a child with acute tonsillitis (1981, BMJ). Based on previous data…
Discovery in 1980 that brain tissue of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease did not contain either the transmissible agent causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ( CJD ) or an Alzheimer- specific agent using the method of Gibbs and Gajdusek that resulted in…
