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A team of palaeontologists under the leadership of Peter Vršanský from the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) marked a great success.
They found evidence of the oldest ever-recorded viral infection. Their findings were published in the prestigious journal Palaeontographica.
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“We discovered immensely precious, perfectly-preserved young and old predatory cockroaches in 98 million-year-old amber,” said team leader Vršanský, as quoted by the SITA newswire.
One of the adults showed symptoms of a viral infection, he added. The cockroach lacks hind wings and its front is deformed. These symptoms are a concomitant sign of Iflaviruses.
