In addition to his work with bacteria, Louis Pasteur also suggested that something even smaller than a bacterium was the cause of rabies. What did Louis Pasteur accomplish that furthered our understanding of viral diseases?
A) He was the first to discover that viruses could be based on RNA rather than DNA.
B) He developed a vaccine that he used to save a young boy that had contracted rabies.
C) He was the first to see a virus under a microscope.
D) He was the first to determine the life cycle of a virus.
E) He invented the microscope.

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Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine for rabies, which was the first successful vaccine for a viral disease. This helped further our understanding of viral diseases and the development of vaccines to combat them. Pasteur did not discover that viruses could be based on RNA rather than DNA, see a virus under a microscope, determine the life cycle of a virus, or invent the microscope.

In Addition to His Work with Bacteria, Louis Pasteur Also