Willy Rozenbaum (born 25 June 1945) is a Polish-born French

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. A co-discoverer of the

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(HIV) with

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's team, he has since 19 November 2003 held the chair of France's "conseil national du SIDA" (National Council on

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) and before that had since 1989 practiced in the infectious and tropical diseases service at l' Hôpital Tenon fr and been professor of infectious and tropical diseases at l'

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French infectious disease physicians French people of Polish-Jewish descent 1945 births Living people HIV/AIDS researchers {{France-med-bio-stub