Portal:Viruses/Did you know/39

...that in 2008, chronic bee paralysis virus was discovered in the carpenter ant Camponotus vagus (pictured)?
...that during the 2008–09 flu season in the United States, only 14.1% of influenza tests were positive for influenza?
...that the World Health Organization's Weekly Epidemiological Record reports on neglected tropical diseases?
...that residents of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, blocked access to a local goldmine over fears of COVID-19, even though Nunavut then had no confirmed cases?
...that HIV researcher Diane Havlir was the U.S. national short-track champion in 1974?