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...that the stripes on
tulips
(examples pictured)
that caused
tulip mania
were probably caused by a
virus
, but this was
unknown to science
at the time?
...that epidemiologist
Li Lanjuan
was the first to propose
a lockdown
of
Wuhan
during the
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
?
...that the
human bocavirus
is the fourth most commonly found
virus
in samples collected from the
respiratory system
?
...that research by
Harold Ginsberg
on
adenoviruses
led to the development of
gene therapy
, in which modified versions of viruses can be used to implant healthy versions of genes to treat disease?
...that the
Tiverton fire of 1731
resulted in an increased incidence of
smallpox
?
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