 Gorgas later organised the elimination of the mosquitoes from Panama, which allowed the Panama Canal to be opened in 1914.The virus was finally isolated by Max Theiler (1899–1972) in 1932 who went on to develop a successful vaccine.By 1928 enough was known about viruses to enable the publication of "Filterable Viruses", a collection of essays covering all known viruses edited by Thomas Milton Rivers (1888–1962).