June Almeida

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  • June Almeida was a UK based virologist who visualized the first human coronavirus. 
  • Almeida was also responsible for the first visualization of the rubella virus . 
  • She was also instrumental in figuring out that there are two distinct components of the Hepatitis- B virus, one on the surface of the particle, and one internally. 

B8 14 virus

  • The first human coronavirus  was discovered in 1965 by scientist DJ Tyrell and Ml Bynoe year after the disease was found in animals. 
 They isolated a virus from the nasal washings of a male child who had symptoms and signs of a common cold. 

  • The first coronavirus  of human origin, B814, was described in 1965 and since that time only 31 additional strains have been recovered. 

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