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We can be exposed to HIV many times without being chronically infected. Our immune system will get rid of the virus within a few weeks, if you have a good immune system.

Luc Montagnier

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Luc Montagnier
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 18
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Luc Antoine Montagnier
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AIDS does not inevitably lead to death, especially if you suppress the co-factors that support the disease. It is very important to tell this to people who are infected.
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Since most of the transmission is sexual transmission, you have a regional or local response to the virus.
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Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.
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We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection.
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It's easier to learn things for life by the age of 12 and not the age of 18. This is just my guess.
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