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Since everyone is talking about yellow fever, a disease caused by a virus (as well as Zika, mumps, flu, AIDS and many others), someone soon asked: But is a virus really a living being? It turns out that if someone asks, even during Carnival, USP Science... answers! This is the word from Luiz Tadeu Figueiredo, a virologist at the Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine - USP, who brings other microbes into the conversation. ### ▶ USP Channel: the best of USP, all in one place on the internet. ▶ Subscribe! https://goo.gl/iwGRvL ###