Portal:Viruses/Did you know/23




 * ...that murine polyomavirus (pictured) is an oncovirus that causes tumours in newborn mice?
 * ...that Pat Nuttall showed that systemic infection of the host is not required for pathogens such as tick-borne encephalitis virus to be transmitted between vectors?
 * ...that the first person to die in Australia from the 2009 flu was a Pintupi man whose people gave up hunting to settle the remote community of Kiwirrkura at the time of his birth?
 * ...that the 2011 film Asmaa is the first feature-length Egyptian drama film to present AIDS patients sympathetically?
 * ...that the anti-vaccine book Melanie's Marvelous Measles has received over 1,000 one-star reviews on Amazon.com?