Portal:viruses Did You Know 30

...that despite being unaffected by rabies or pseudorabies, the sea urchin Tripneustes depressus (pictured) contains antivirals to these diseases?
...that although Indian cassava mosaic virus does indeed infect cassava crops in India, the actual origin of the virus is unknown?
...that Egyptian-American physician Adel Mahmoud oversaw the development of the Gardasil HPV vaccine?
...that of the initial cluster of people confirmed to have been infected by a novel coronavirus in China, two-thirds had been directly exposed to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan?
...that Shahid Jameel and his group were the first to identify subtype C strain as the most common HIV-1 infection among Indians?