Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a prevalent pathogen, with 40 to 100 percent of the general population showing prior exposure by serology.1 Up to 20 percent of children in the United States will have contracted CMV before puberty.
The concept of the Sousaphone was created by the American composer and bandmaster John Philip Sousa, putting it in a category with the Wagner tubaâa horn conceptualized by German composer Richard Wagnerâand the Saxophone, one of the numerous inventions of Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax.
The band was founded in 1995 by tuba player Bennie, trombone player Jerome 'Bay Bay' Jones and Harry 'Swamp Thang' Cook on bass drum. Indeed, one media critic got so carried away recently after hearing a solo performance by a tuba that he declared, Anything a violin can do, a tuba can do too.