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...that infectious disease specialist
Daniel R. Lucey
has hypothesised that the
SARS-CoV-2
virus
(pictured)
responsible for the
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
may have been quietly circulating among humans since at least November 2019?
...that the
Kunjin virus
, which can be
transmitted by mosquitoes
and may cause
encephalitis
in humans, is named for an
Indigenous Australian
clan living near where the virus was first isolated?
...that the
Vaccine Confidence Project
was developed in response to a boycott of
polio eradication efforts
in Nigeria?
...that the
Gaussian network model
has a wide range of applications from
enzymes
composed of a single
domain
, to large
macromolecular assemblies
, such as
ribosomes
and
viral capsids
?
...that
Trinidadian
virologist
Joseph Lennox Pawan
was the first person to show that
rabies
could be spread by
vampire bats
to other animals and humans?
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