Multiple choice

Who among the following scientists discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and developed the HIV blood test?

  1. Benjamin Rubin

  2. Jonas Edward Salk

  3. Gallo

  4. Edward Jenner

  5. Wortley Montague
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Explanation

Robert Charles Gallo is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the development of the HIV blood test, and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.

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