# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/7LyJSsE9i7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461421-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/995450add9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-09-03T21:49:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Modern virology owes a lot to Thomas Milton Rivers who was born on this date in 1888. Rivers, aka the “father of modern virology,” began his career at a time when virology was a very underdeveloped discipline. His 1926 statement that #viruses were “obligate #parasites” that needed #living #cells to survive became one of the most important ideas in the field and helped establish knowledge of this fundamental difference between viruses and #bacteria. Rivers went on to conduct vital research that contributed to the development of the yellow fever #vaccine and advanced understanding of #influenza and chicken pox.
#PhotoOfTheDay #science #medicine #doctors #health #sick #biology #life #ill
📷 NIAID

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influenza, cells, doctors, photooftheday, viruses, vaccine, medicine, parasites, ill, bacteria, science, life, sick, biology, living, health

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