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 * ...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?