"40th Anniversary of HIV Discovery: Insightful Interview with Head of Virus and Immunity Unit at Institut Pasteur"

2023-05-24 09:18:09

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, meeting with Olivier Schwartz, head of the Virus and Immunity unit at the Institut Pasteur.

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Published on 24/05/2023 11:18

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The AIDS virus. (LOOPS7/E+) — Le virus you page. (LOOPS7 / E+)

Tuesday, May 23, in franceinfo junior, we come back to the origin of the AIDS virus and the story of its discovery. Today’s show goes back 40 years to May 1983, when the AIDS virus was discovered in a scientific journal, a virus that has already caused the death of at least 40 million people. according to the WHO.

To talk about it, the editorial staff of franceinfo junior welcomes students from the web radio of the Aretha Franklin college in Drancy in Seine-Saint-Denis. To answer children’s questions: Olivier Schwartz, rHead of the Virus and Immunity Unit at the Institut Pasteur.

On the microphone, Fanta wants to know first “how long it took them to know the cause of AIDS”. Bilal asks the guest if there will ever be a vaccine against this virus. Pauline takes the microphone in turn: “What is AIDS? And what types of people are most affected?” Mathilde wants to know if there is a treatment for HIV, “even if it is not necessarily a vaccine”.

On this page, re-listen in full to this franceinfo junior program, recorded as part of the workshop “The writing of franceinfo junior”.