Sherman's Plague

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  • Viral hemorrhagic fever native to Sherman's Planet (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
    • Went dormant c.600 BCE (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
    • Unearthed July 2376 during excavation (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
  • Intensely contagious (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
    • 70% of population of Sherman's Planet reporting symptoms prior to cure (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
    • Capable of surviving outside a human body for hours (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
    • Adheres to pollen and dust (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
  • Incorporates itself into DNA of quickly-reproducing cells such as trachea or stomach lining, reproducing from there (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
  • Causes extensive tissue necrosis, resulting in multi-organ failure, death (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
    • Targets all bodily systems (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
  • Incubation period of approximately three weeks (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
    • Presents as simple pulmonary infection during incubation (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
  • Death results from either organ failure or hemorrhaging of the lungs (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
  • Inevitably terminal (SCE Short Story: "Oaths")
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