Serological evidence for virus related to Simian T-Lymphotropic retrovirus III in residents of West Africa.

First report of the discovery of what became known as HIV-2 by the U.S. research group led by Kanki. This group published before the French group, but the French group had reported their data one day prior to the U.S. team. Order of authorship in the original publication was Barin, M'Boup, F. Denis, Kanki....

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)