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A fact from Human betaherpesvirus 7 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that 95% of adults have been infected by human herpesvirus 7, a virus that can cause influenza-like illness and seizures but normally causes no symptoms?

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Rearranged per WP:MEDMOS

Have rearranged. Hepatitis B is a good example of a page on a viral infection. I believe that the general public usually approaches the topic from the POV of a disease thus try to organize this type of article in this manner.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:41, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, I'll be sure to keep this in mind in the future. NW (Talk) 21:03, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Virology 2022

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