Willy Rozenbaum

Willy Rozenbaum
Willy Rozenbaum (2015)
Born	(1945-06-25) 25 June 1945 Łódź, Poland
Citizenship	French
Known for	Co-discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine

Willy Rozenbaum (born 25 June 1945) is a Polish-born French physician.

A co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with Jean-Claude Chermann of Luc Montagnier's team, he has since 19 November 2003 held the chair of France's "conseil national du SIDA" (National Council on AIDS) and before that had since 1989 practiced in the infectious and tropical diseases service at l'Hôpital Tenonfr and been professor of infectious and tropical diseases at l'Hôpital Saint-Antoine in Paris.

Selected publications

• Rozenbaum W, Coulaud JP, Saimot AG, Klatzmann D, Mayaud C, Carette MF (1982-03-06). "Multiple opportunistic infection in a male homosexual in France". Lancet. 1 (8271): 572–3. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(82)92087-6. PMID 6120427. S2CID 45884185.
• Chermann JC, Barré-Sinoussi F, Dauguet C, Brun-Vezinet F, Rouzioux C, Rozenbaum W, Montagnier L (1984). "Isolation of a New Retrovirus in a Patient at Risk for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome". Epidemic of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Kaposi's Sarcoma. Antibiotics and Chemotherapy. Vol. 32. pp. 48–53. doi:10.1159/000409704. ISBN 978-3-8055-3876-3. PMID 6205626. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• Didier Seux et Annie Kouchner (1984). Sida (in French). P.O.L.
• Luc Montagnier et Jean-Claude Gluckman (1994). Sida et infection par VIH (in French). Flammarion Médecine.
• La vie est une maladie mortelle sexuellement transmissible [Life is a sexually transmitted fatal illness] (in French). Stock. 1998.
• Jean-Daniel Baltassat (1999). La vie est une maladie mortelle sexuellement transmissible [Life is a sexually transmitted fatal illness] (in French). Livre de poche.