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René Dujarric de la Rivière(19 April 1885 – 28 November 1969) was a Frenchmicrobiologistandhygienist

He studied medicine inBordeauxandLyon, then for several years worked as a medical extern at the HospitalsNeckerand Ténon inParis(1905–10). In 1913 he received his medical doctorate, and in 1929, obtained his doctorate in natural sciences. From 1945 to 1958 he was an assistant director of thePasteur Institute

In 1918 he demonstrated thati nfluenzawas caused by a filterable agent that was in all probability avirus.In the 1920s he performed research ofAmanita phalloides(death cap mushroom) inLouis Lapicque's laboratory at theSorbonne, producing an antitoxic serum (serum antiphallinique) as a result.In 1927, at the Pasteur Institute, he established a center for the study ofblood groups.

In 1930, withJules Bordet, he founded theSociété Internationale de Microbiologie. He was a member of theSociété de biologie(from 1928), theAcadémie Nationale de Médecine(from 1945, department of hygiene) and in 1951, was appointed president of theSociété mycologique de France.