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Electron micrograph of Bourbon virus
...that
Bourbon virus
(pictured)
, discovered in 2014 from a man who died after
tick
bites, is the first
thogotovirus
to be associated with human disease in the Western hemisphere?
...that the viral
Early 35 kDa protein
may be useful in
gene therapy
as a universal inhibitor of
programmed cell death
?
...that the
American Society for Virology
, the first independent
scientific society
specifically for
virologists
, was founded as recently as 1981?
...that
Czech
scientist
Antonín Holý
cooperated on the development of important
antiretroviral drugs
used in the treatment of
HIV
and
hepatitis B
?
...that the
long-haired grass mouse
is an important
reservoir species
for the
Andes virus
?
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