In Popular Culture
The virus plays a role in the modern remake of the television series Battlestar Galactica. In the episode entitled "Torn", the Cylon race is exposed to lymphocytic encephalitis after they bring an ancient beacon carrying the pathogen aboard their craft. Unlike their human counterparts, the Cylons do not have a natural immunity to this virus and many die. The humans learn of this weakness in the episode entitled "A Measure of Salvation".
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