We did not purify... We saw some particles but they did not have the morphology [shape] typical of retroviruses. They were very different... What we did not have, as I have always recognized it, is that it was truly the cause of AIDS.
"Did Luc Montagnier Discover HIV?". Interview with Djamel Tahi, July 1997.
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