About Lazare Kaptué
Lived 1939 – 2021 (aged 81–82). Lazare Kaptué was a Cameroonian politician, university teacher and physician.
Lazare Kaptué (1939 – 12 April 2021) was a Cameroonian academic. He was active as a virologist and carried out much research on HIV/AIDS.
Biography Born in Mbanga in 1939, Kaptué served as Mayor of Demding in the west of Cameroon. He was also a professor at the Université des Montagnes, of which he was a founding member. His laboratory was known for discovering Group O of HIV-1. In addition to his academic career, he owned a clinic in Bastos Yaoundé.
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Who was Lazare Kaptué?
Cameroonian academic
When was Lazare Kaptué born?
Lazare Kaptué was born in 1939 in Mbanga.
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Lazare Kaptué died on 12 April 2021 in Yaoundé.
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Lazare Kaptué was a politician, university teacher and physician.
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Lazare Kaptué was Cameroonian.
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