Richard Schope

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Richard Schope was the discoverer of the Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses. He first isolated Influenzavirus A from pigs in 1931.

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Shimizu K (1997). "History of influenza epidemics and discovery of influenza virus" (in Japanese). Nippon Rinsho 55 (10): 2505–11. PMID 9360364.