Emerging Viruses-Aids & Ebola - By Leanard ... - preterhuman.net

Montagnierʹs Alleged DiscoveryOnce Montagnier learned that the new retrovirus he had isolatedwas not a leukemia virus, but something completely unique, hechose to rename it LAV, or lymphadenopathy-associated virus,rather than RUB or HTLV. . . .Shilts chronicled:"Montagnier was surprised that there wasn't more enthusiasmabout the Pasteur Institute's announcement of a new retrovirus.Most scientists wanted to defer final judgment until moreresearch came from Robert Gallo's lab. . . .Gallo was, after all, afar more famed retrovirologist, and he was talking HTLV. . . .Montagnier was gaining more confidence that the PasteurInstitute had indeed discovered the virus that caused AIDS. Still,he was stumped as 'to which family of viruses LAV belonged. Ifnot HTLV, then what?""The chance encounter with another virologist on the Pasteurcampus gave Montagnier the final piece to the puzzle. Theassociate mentioned a family of viruses, primarily found inanimals, called lentiviruses. Lenti means slow. These viruses gointo the cells, lie dormant for a while, and then burst into frenziedactivity. Montagnier had never heard of the family before. . ."[18]"What!" I exclaimed, breaking the night's silence. I couldn'tbelieve my eyes. He had never heard of the family of slowviruses before? "That's absolutely ludicrous." How could he nothave heard about the hottest rage in virology during the late1960s and early 1970s?What I had just read in Shilts's book didn't jive with myknowledge of the scientific reality. Something was up with theFrench connection that Shilts completely overlooked. Somethingdeeply troubling.Montagnier allegedly spent the night reading about cattle virusesand was amazed to find LAV had the same morphology, thesame proteins, and even the same look under the electronmicroscope. [18]The French Francis FracasPrior to hailing the discovery of HTLV-III as the AIDS virus,Gallo, representing the NCI, met with Don Francis from the CDCand Dr. Jean-Claude Chermann from the Pasteur Institute tonegotiate the claims that would be made to the internationalpress. The discussions, wrote Shilts, "quickly acquired the moodof delicate arms negotiations among parties who shared onlymutual distrust." [19]Gallo absolutely refused to discuss specifics about his upcoming