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Want to start a fight among virus experts? Ask about HIV's new name

3 pointsby onychomys4 months ago

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AlbertoGP4 months ago
&gt; <i>But he pointed out that only the species names had been changed, not the common name. Researchers, he said, can keep using HIV in papers the same way researchers use “mouse” and not mus musculus. (Critics argue that, with viruses, it’s not so simple, and note the new names have already tripped up such august bodies as the World Health Organization.)</i>