An Inspiring Journey of Hope and Persistence: Life Lessons with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.

Editorial

Kiho Tanaka et al. Viruses. 2022.

. 2022 May 21;14(5):1108.

doi: 10.3390/v14051108.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.

Abstract

Three early-career female virologists sat down with a distinguished Nobel laureate to discuss two pandemics, 39 years apart [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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