Friedrich Loffler and Paul Frosch discovered that foot-and-mouth disease is caused by a virus

In 1899, German scientists Friedrich Loffler and Paul Frosch discovered that foot-and-mouth disease which affects cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and deer is caused by a virus.

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Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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