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Current selections: social history of viruses{{class/icon|FA}}, history of virology{{class/icon|B}}, vaccination{{class/icon|C}}, prion{{class/icon|GA}}, immune system{{class/icon|FA}}, virus classification{{class/icon|B}}, bacteriophage{{class/icon|B}}, plant virus{{class/icon|B}}, infection{{class/icon|C}}, reverse transcriptase{{class/icon|B}}, interferon{{class/icon|B}}, RNA interference{{class/icon|FA}}, poliomyelitis eradication{{class/icon|B}}, virus quantification{{class/icon|C}}, Hershey–Chase experiment{{class/icon|C}}, bat virome{{class/icon|GA}}

Broad articles of general interest.

  • Oncolytic virus{{class/icon|B}} -- viruses used to treat cancer, lead needs editing to integrate new material. Suitable image a problem. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:15, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
  • Jelly roll fold{{class/icon|C}} -- common structural motif in virus capsids. Probably more suitable for Selected image. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:56, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
  • Viral quasispecies{{class/icon|B}} -- article rewritten via PLOS Genetics. Very technical. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:52, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
  • Oncovirus{{class/icon|C}} -- important concept. Now has orange-level tag. Espresso Addict (talk) 10:23, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
  • Pandemic{{class/icon|B}} -- long article with much virus-related content; currently newsworthy. Now two orange-level tags. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:45, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
  • Marine viruses{{class/icon|B}} -- long interesting heavily illustrated article split off in 2020. Espresso Addict (talk) 10:16, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
  • Viral evolution{{class/icon|C}} -- important topic, currently in the news; decent article, problem with suitable image (use video from quasispecies?). Espresso Addict (talk) 23:49, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
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Selected virus (subviral agent)

Current selections: rotavirus{{class/icon|FA}}, HIV{{class/icon|GA}}, canine parvovirus{{class/icon|B}}, poliovirus{{class/icon|GA}}, norovirus{{class/icon|B}}, Papillomaviridae{{class/icon|B}}, hantavirus{{class/icon|B}}, Epstein–Barr virus{{class/icon|B}}, West Nile virus{{class/icon|B}}, Adenoviridae{{class/icon|B}}, tobacco mosaic virus{{class/icon|C}}, mimivirus{{class/icon|C}}, alphavirus{{class/icon|B}}, cauliflower mosaic virus{{class/icon|C}}, adeno-associated virus{{class/icon|B}}, henipavirus{{class/icon|C}}, Sputnik virophage{{class/icon|C}}, hepatitis D{{class/icon|C}}, coronavirus{{class/icon|C}}

Single virus or small group. Must include a usable image of the virus.

  • Thogotovirus{{class/icon|B}} -- tickborne arbovirus; another ssRNA; image poor (self-nom). Espresso Addict (talk) 00:38, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
  • Murine polyomavirus{{class/icon|B}} -- excellent images (one used at DYK); mouse oncovirus; dsDNA; related papillomaviruses. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
  • Arenavirus{{class/icon|C}} -- mainly rodents, segmented ssRNA. Lassa fever timely. Usable image removed in Aug 2020 but still exists & could be re-added somewhere: File:Lassa virus virions TEM 8699 lores.jpg Espresso Addict (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
  • Bacteriophage T12{{class/icon|C}} -- perhaps the best phage article; interesting in coding S pyogenes toxin; no image in article but could potentially use a generic T-even diagram. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
  • African swine fever virus{{class/icon|C}} -- moderately developed vet virus. Good images. Feb 2021: now orange tagged Espresso Addict (talk) 00:00, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
  • Suggest another article here

Selected disease

Current selections: dengue fever{{class/icon|FA}}, poliomyelitis{{class/icon|FA}}, smallpox{{class/icon|GA}}, influenza{{class/icon|FA}}, hepatitis B{{class/icon|GA}}, herpes simplex{{class/icon|GA}}, common cold{{class/icon|GA}}, herpes zoster{{class/icon|GA}}, meningitis{{class/icon|FA}}, hepatitis C{{class/icon|GA}}, gastroenteritis{{class/icon|GA}}, yellow fever{{class/icon|B}}, chickenpox{{class/icon|B}}, HIV/AIDS{{class/icon|GA}}, cervical cancer{{class/icon|B}}, Ebola virus disease{{class/icon|B}}, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease{{class/icon|B}}, measles{{class/icon|B}}, foot-and-mouth disease{{class/icon|B}}, rabies{{class/icon|B}}, Zika fever{{class/icon|B}}, myxomatosis{{class/icon|GA}}

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Selected intervention

Current selections: zidovudine{{class/icon|B}}, aciclovir{{class/icon|B}}, polio vaccine{{class/icon|GA}}, MMR vaccine controversy{{class/icon|B}}, ribavirin{{class/icon|B}}, HPV vaccines{{class/icon|B}}, nevirapine{{class/icon|B}}, oseltamivir{{class/icon|B}}, influenza vaccine{{class/icon|B}}, Ebola vaccine{{class/icon|C}}

Individual antiviral drugs & vaccines. Must have an image; preferably not just a chemical line diagram.

  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis{{class/icon|C}} -- interesting strategy, reasonable article (US focus & parts possibly need updating); could use Truvada tablet as image. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:45, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
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Selected outbreak

Current selections: 1918 flu pandemic{{class/icon|GA}}, 2009 flu pandemic{{class/icon|GA}}, West African Ebola virus epidemic{{class/icon|GA}}, 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak{{class/icon|B}}, 1978 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom{{class/icon|B}}, 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak{{class/icon|C}}, severe acute respiratory syndrome{{class/icon|B}}, 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak{{class/icon|C}}

Historical outbreaks of viral disease.

Selected biography

Current selections: Edward Jenner{{class/icon|B}}, Frank Macfarlane Burnet{{class/icon|FA}}, Jonas Salk{{class/icon|B}}, Rosalind Franklin{{class/icon|B}}, Aniru Conteh{{class/icon|GA}}, Ryan White{{class/icon|FA}}, list of poliomyelitis survivors{{class/icon|FA}}, Frederick Sanger{{class/icon|B}}, Randy Shilts{{class/icon|B}}, Thomas Henry Flewett{{class/icon|B}}, George Hirst (virologist){{class/icon|B}}, Walter Reed{{class/icon|B}}/{{class/icon|C}}, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi{{class/icon|C}}, Peter Piot{{class/icon|C}}, Ali Maow Maalin{{class/icon|B}}

Virologists and medical researchers who work on viruses preferred. Free images preferred but not essential.

  • Robert Shope{{class/icon|C}} -- American arbovirologist, epidemiologist & public health specialist; free image; self nom. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:17, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
  • Barbara McClintock{{class/icon|FA}} -- discovered transposons, no overlap existing bios, free good-quality image. Espresso Addict (talk) 06:22, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Henrietta Lacks{{class/icon|GA}} -- American women who was source of Hela cell line, died of cervical cancer. No free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:56, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Linda Laubenstein{{class/icon|GA}} -- American AIDS-treating physician associated with Kaposi's; also polio sufferer. No free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:56, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Joseph Sonnabend{{class/icon|GA}} -- South African AIDS-treating physician, controversial views on multifactorial AIDS causation, founding editor of AIDS Research. No free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:56, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Eli Todd{{class/icon|GA}} -- 18th–19th century American physician associated with smallpox inoculation. Free image available. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:56, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu{{class/icon|B}} -- 17th–18th century pioneer of smallpox inoculation. Good free image available. Currently used in images. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:13, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Bette Korber{{class/icon|GA}} -- living computational biologist who works on HIV; no dob; free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:31, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum{{class/icon|C}} -- living Congolese microbiologist; discovery and treatment of Ebola; free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:47, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
  • Souleymane Mboup{{class/icon|C}} -- living Senegalese microbiologist; discovery of HIV-2; free image; has run at DYK recently. Espresso Addict (remote) (talk) 07:10, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
  • Donald Henderson{{class/icon|C}} -- American epidemiologist; eradication of smallpox. Long sourced article. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:02, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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    File:Middle Ages rabid dog.jpg|Woodcut of rabid dog

    File:Rabies; Slaying a mad dog Wellcome L0009996.jpg|Another copy

    File:M13B.svg|M13 filamentous phage

    File:World's 4th a Tree Man.jpg|Epidermodysplasia verruciformis patient

    File:4uft.jpg|Measles virus nucleocapsid helix, top view

    File:P24 HIV-capsid.png|HIV capsid/p24

    File:169-HIVEnvelopeGlycoprotein-4nco.jpg|HIV envelope glycoprotein

    File:PDB 1svm EBI.jpg|SV40 large T antigen

    File:Turtlewithfptumors0149026.jpg|Fibropapillomatosis in turtles

    File:2r5k.jpg|HPV11 L1 pentamer

    File:Aids Quilt.jpg|AIDS quilt

    File:2w0c capsid.png|Corticovirus (Bacteriophage PM2), tailless phage

    File:HSV-1-EM.png|Herpes simplex 1 capsid

    File:Zika-chain-colored.png|Zika virus capsid

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    Sets of five items with one image, covering a varied set of topics and preferably including at least one item on a virus or viral disease. All have appeared in the main page DYK section.

    =Autosearch results=

    This displays up to 50 DYKs from the past 24 months about virus, viral, influenza, measles, polio, E/ebola, Zika, Covid, HIV, AIDS, HPV, smallpox, vaccin, inocul, quarantine, epidem, epidemiolog, pandemic, tropical disease; not all results will be relevant.

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    =Set #41=

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    • ...that the 1951 British film Surprise Attack (title card pictured) warned of the danger of not being vaccinated against infectious diseases? [start]
    • ... virus/viral disease/similar
    • ...that Mary Fowkes{{`s}} autopsies on Coronavirus disease 2019 victims helped identify long-term debilitating effects of the virus, including its impact on the heart and the brain? [C class]
    • ...that in 2011, Australia's National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research was re-named as the Kirby Institute in honour of former Justice of the High Court Michael Kirby? [2014]
    • ...

    =Unassigned=

    ==Virologists, medical researchers, infectious disease specialists &c==

    ;Other

    • none

    ;Coronavirus related

    ;HIV related

    • ...that immunologist and AIDS advocate Robert Frascino considered himself privileged after being infected with HIV? [2011]
    • ...that a program developed by Allan Ronald has been "pivotal" in understanding and preventing transmission of AIDS in Africa? [2013; retired]

    ==Viruses, viral diseases==

    • none

    ==Epidemiology, outbreaks, locations of outbreaks==

    ;Coronavirus related

    ;HIV related

    • ...that the practice in East Africa of flashblood, injecting oneself with blood of another heroin user to get high, has been called "the most effective way of infecting yourself with HIV"? [2010]

    ==Media eg books, films, songs==

    ;Coronavirus

    ;HIV

    ==Other people==

    Includes physicians who are not infectious disease specialists, nurses, activists and similar.

    ;Other

    ;Coronavirus related

    ;HIV related

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    ==Miscellaneous==

    ;Coronavirus related

    ;HIV related

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