# Who is working on viruses here?

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**Created:** [August 30, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/who-is-working-on-viruses-here/15822 "2020-08-30T01:52:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/who-is-working-on-viruses-here/15822/14 "2020-08-30T14:47:19Z")

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Not necessarily. After all, it is acceptable to post evidence of an interaction with a human

 ![20200830_094135](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/4/4e461412622dff514c0cf9ea03894c364c1c473b.jpeg)  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/545](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/545)

 ![20200830_094205](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/6/646dc0e8154f19ccdf348ba2f082887db8c42e93.jpeg)  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/552](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/552)

And we accept pictures of the host as evidence of the virus in iridescent viruses in isopods or (as OP said) tumors on deer.

With the caveat, as @marina_gorbunova said, that if it isn’t a distinctive symptom, then there needs to be additional corroborating information and not just a picture of the wart.

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