Portal:Viruses/Calendar/November

7 November 1991: Magic Johnson announced his retirement from basketball because of his infection with HIV

14 November 1957: Kuru, the first human prion disease, described by Daniel Gajdusek and Vincent Zigas

16 November 2002: The first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (virus pictured) recorded in Guangdong, China

17 November 1995: Lamivudine approved for treatment of HIV

22 November 2013: Simeprevir approved for treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection

23 November 1978: Structure of tomato bushy stunt virus solved by Stephen Harrison and colleagues, the first atomic-level structure of a virus

24 November 2007: Outbreak of new Ebola species, Bundibugyo virus

26 November 1898: Martinus Beijerinck coined the term contagium vivum fluidum to describe the agent causing tobacco mosaic disease