Portal:Viruses/Did you know/19


 * ...that Burchard Kranich allegedly cured Queen Elizabeth I (pictured) of smallpox?
 * ...that the rabbit flea is a vector for the virus that causes myxomatosis?
 * ...that when NBC pulled "Steve Burdick", an AIDS-themed episode of the medical drama Lifestories, gay and AIDS activists accused the network of fearing advertiser backlash?
 * ...that in addition to infecting squashes, the squash mosaic virus also infects melons?
 * ...that former GlaxoSmithKline executive Moncef Slaoui is chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, which aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 by January 2021?