While Dmitri Ivanovsky is credited with discovering the first virus, the tobacco mosaic virus, in 1892, many other scientists have made significant contributions to the understanding of viruses. The discovery of the virus responsible for AIDS, HIV, was a collaborative effort between French virologist Luc Montagnier and American physician-scientist Robert Charles Gallo in 1983.
The field of virology has seen numerous discoveries, including the identification of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus by scientists like Richard Shope, the characterization of coronaviruses by June Almeida in the 1960s, and the discovery of the monkeypox virus in Denmark in 1958.
It's important to note that the discovery of a virus is often a collaborative effort, with many scientists contributing to its understanding and characterization.
