TIL that when epidemiologist Tamara Safonova and virologist Alexandra Sheboldaeva discovered Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in 1937, they were accused of spreading the virus themselves and sentenced to 18 years in Soviet labor camps.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by SecretAgentIceBat t3_11dki5z in todayilearned
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