title: Lazare Kaptué
text: # Lazare Kaptué
  
  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.
  
  Lazare Kaptué died in Yaoundé on 12 April 2021 at the age of 82.
  
  