| Summary: | Montagnier, one of the discoverers of the AIDS virus, tells the dramatic story of the race against time to identify the virus, and clearly explains scientific aspects of the disease and describes the devastating course the disease has taken throughout the world. He discusses the possibility of a vaccine, current therapies available, and prospects for winning the battle against the deadly virus. The author is professor of virology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, president of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, and director of the Bernard and Gloria Salick Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology at Queens College, City University of New York. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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