Question: Yaravirus has been invented by which of the following country?
(a) Brazil
(b) USA
(c) China
(d) India
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- In a lake in Brazil, Researchers have discovered an unusually small virus in a lake in Brazil.
- The virus has been named Yaravirus after Yara, a water-queen figure in Brazilian mythology.
- The Yaravirus infects amoeba and has genes that have not been described before, something that could challenge how Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) viruses are classified.
- DNA viruses are classified based on the protein that makes up their shell, or capsid. The Yaravirus capsid doesn’t resemble any previously known protein.
- The Yaravirus does not infect human cells.
Link:
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/this-word-means-yaravirus-6265066/