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The term virus was coined by

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The term virus was coined by
A. Pasteur
B. Beijerinck
C. Ee/use
D. Mayer
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Pasteur (1880) used the term virus for any unknown agent that causes some disease. Beijerinck (1898) used this term for the causative agent of Tabacco mosaic disease.
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