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 * ...that the p19 protein (dimer pictured) evolved in an arms race between plants and viruses?
 * ...that HPgV-2 is the second human Pegivirus ever discovered?
 * ...that humans and horses are dead-end hosts for the West Nile virus?
 * ...that David A. Cooper diagnosed the first case of HIV in Australia?
 * ...that there is indirect, but unconfirmed, evidence of certain diseases being spread by toilet plume?