to combat dx, ingen scientists released animals into the wild of isla sorna. the prion initially infected carnivorous dinosaurs such as velociraptors and procompsognathus, which would then spread the disease to herbivores such as apatosaurus, and the apatosaur carcasses would be eaten by compys, which would then spread the disease to other carcasses, and the cycle would repeat. ian malcolm said at the end of the novel that, because of the imbalance of carnivores and herbivores due to dx, the dinosaurs were doomed to die out. ebola gulf a dc comics also known as "the clench", due to the victims clenching their stomachs, ebola gulf is an evolved form of the ebola virus created by the terrorist mastermind ra's al ghul after he consulted the wheel of plagues. fire-us (sounds like "virus") fire-us series a viral infection that infects extremely fast and only infects those that produce sex hormones (i.e. those after puberty and women before menopause) or are taking medicine that includes similar hormones. it was released by the president of the united states of america to start the world over, killing almost all adults within 2 weeks. as a result, children were left to fend for themselves, most of whom failed. once all the targets of the virus were gone, it died out. the flare (virus vc321xb47) the maze runner a highly contagious virus that infects the brain of its host, turning them into crazed blood-thirsty cannibals (essentially zombies) that are called cranks. less than 1% of the population is immune to the virus, and are called munies. there is no cure for the flare, but many wealthy people slow down the onslaught of the symptoms with an illegal drug called the bliss, which slows down their brain activity. it was released by the governments of the world to help control overpopulation after the sun flares, but it eventually killed most of the people in the world. foul-drought heir of mistmantle by m. i. mcallisterthe heir of mistmantle by m. i. mcallister disease caused from drinking poisoned water. animals who have it will have pain, blurry sight and some will eventually die. georgia flu station eleven by emily st. john mandel a variant of the flu that kills nearly all humans on earth, with an incubation periods of only a few hours. goddag-goddagsjukan (good day, good day disease) sagan om sune by anders jacobsson and sören olsson a disease lasting for a few hours, where the affected person can only say "good day, good day" despite attempts to say other words. sune gets affected but later ends up cured by his primary schoolteacher ulla-lena frid, who cures it with "ordinary simple curiosity" (swedish: "vanlig enkel nyfikenhet"). gray deaththe gray death gail carson levine's the two princesses of bamarre disease created from the noxious gas from the defeated dragon yune's stomach. it comes on with no warning and is not contagious. there are three stages of the disease. the first stage is the weakness, and it can last anywhere from a week to six months. the second stage is the sleeping, and it always lasts nine days. the last stage is fever, and it always lasts three days. at the end of the fever stage, the victim will die. the only cure is water sent down from the fairies' mount ziriat. the cure will only be discovered when cowards find courage and rain falls over all bamarre. great plague the lord of the rings by j.r.r. tolkien a mysterious disease that swept down through every single kingdom of middle-earth during the mid-1600s of the third age of the sun. the plague's origins are unknown except it was possibly contracted from the corsairs who attacked gondor in third age 1634, two years before the plague occurred. the plague was 90% fatal for nearly all inhabitants of middle-earth, especially in gondor and the north. it is based on the black death. greyscale a song of ice and fire greyscale is a typically nonfatal disease akin to leprosy. it is first introduced in stannis baratheon's daughter shireen. when it infects children, greyscale generally leaves children malformed and disabled but alive. however, in a dance with dragons, it is revealed to be generally fatal to adults. the disease is contracted by touch and slowly turns the skin (small patches in children and the entire body in adults) of the victim to into a gray, stone-like form. it is said that the disease also drives its adult victims insane. hanahaki disease, or hanahaki byou hanahaki otome (花吐き乙女) by matsuda naoko. popularized by japanese, korean, and chinese pop band, anime, and manga fandoms. hanahaki disease (花吐き病 (japanese); 하나하키병 (korean); 花吐病 (chinese)) is a fictional disease where the victim of unrequited or one-sided love begins to vomit or cough up the petals and flowers of a flowering plant growing in their lungs, which will eventually grow large enough to render breathing impossible if left untreated. there is no set time for how long this disease lasts but it may last from 2 weeks to 3 months, in rare cases up to 18 months, until the victim dies unless the feelings are returned or the plants are surgically removed. there is also no set flower that blossoms in the lungs but it may be the enamoured's favourite flower or favourite colour. hanahaki can be cured through surgical removal of the plants' roots, but this excision also has the effect of removing the patient's capacity for romantic love. it may also erase the patient's feelings for and memories of the enamoured. it can also be cured by the reciprocation of the victim's feelings. these feelings cannot be feelings of friendship but must be feelings of genuine love. the victim may also develop hanahaki disease if they believe the love to be one-sided but once the enamoured returns the feelings, they will be cured. in some literature other symptoms can be fever, uncontrollable shaking, loss of appetite, low body temperature, and hallucinations. even after curing, with or without surgery, there can be irreversible damage to the lungs and, although very rare, in some cases the disease cannot be cured. hawaiian cat flu garfield by jim davis a rare disease only contracted by cats. its symptoms include a "voracious" appetite, a craving for hawaiian food, listlessness, crankiness, and a compulsion to wear hawaiian shirts and hula dance. herod's flu (sheva) darwin's radio by greg bear a contagious, sexually transmitted human endogenous retrovirus (herv) that causes flu-like symptoms and ultimately causes miscarriage of pregnancies. though treated as a public health crisis by the centers for disease control and prevention and world health organization, the virus is later revealed to be a mechanism that causes rapid speciation and accelerates evolution. harlequin (not to be confused with harlequin ichthyosis, a severe genetic disorder) harlequin rex by owen marshall a progressive and fatal neurological disease that causes a re-awakening of primordial senses and behaviors, set in near-future earth. hourman virus dc one million created by the living star solaris, this plague was caused by nanomachines. it acted like both a biological virus and a computer virus, and could be spread to each type of victim by the other type. it was capable of wiping out humanity in twenty-four hours. idiopathic adolescent acute neurodegeneration (iaan) the darkest minds trilogy by alexandra bracken idiopathic adolescent acute neurodegeneration (iaan), also known as everhart's disease after its first victim, is a fatal disease affecting children between the ages 8–14. iaan is known to not have any specific symptoms, with the only real symptom being death without warning. the 2% that survived iaan were given powers. i-pollen degenerative disorder transmetropolitan, dc comics the hero spider jerusalem has i-pollen degenerative disorder, a disease he gained as a result of coming into contact with information pollen, pollen used to transmit information. in 98% of the cases, the disease will cause the victim to lose all motor and cognitive skills. it is comparable to alzheimer's and parkinson's disease. inferno virus infernoby dan brown an airborne virus that incubated in water. it was released by the terrorist group the consortium to kill off half of humanity and reproduce with only a third of ten individuals who were immune. the virus was modeled on the black death. originally, its creator, bertrand zobrist, planned to have it as a waterborne virus, but changed it to airborne because it could infect faster. the inferno virus can infect a human through damp air, and then it renders humans infertile. the plan was for the infected to die off and the earth's population to be significantly reduced. kellis-amberlee feed by mira grant a spontaneous combination of two man-made viruses that exists in a 'reservoir condition' state without ill effects until the host's death, when any host over approximately 40 pounds undergoes virus amplification and becomes a zombie. konebogetvirus the next big one by derek des anges a long-latency manmade virus which since its creation has mutated multiple times. the virus is modelled on lyssavirus, ebola, rabies, and several other real-world viruses. a notable symptom is the alteration of an infected person's behaviour to increase the likelihood of transmission to others, comparable to toxoplasmosis in mice. krytos virus star wars expanded universe"star wars expanded universe" the krytos virus was a deadly and highly contagious virus that only attacked non-human species. it could spread via a number of avenues, including by water supplies and by air. the virus often killed its host in less than two weeks, resulting in a painful death. legacy virus marvel multiverse a disease that targets only mutants, causing genetic and biological degradation and eventual death; shortly before death, the virus' effects will cause a violent, uncontrolled flare-up of the victim's superhuman abilities. letumosis the lunar chronicles series by marissa meyer also known as the "blue fever", a worldwide pandemic that is compared to the plague. multiple stages. carriers are noted to show boils and patches on their skin. life-eater virus warhammer 40,000 novels the life-eater virus is a form of necrotizing fasciitis that causes all biological matter to break down into its component parts, releasing toxic, flammable gas that can be ignited with a single explosion. the virus eats itself when there is nothing else to attack. it is quite effective against tyrranids. in the short-story anthology planetkill, an updated strain goes after the soul, turning the population into zombies, created by a techpriest inhabited by a daemonic unclean one. love sickness one piece a mostly psychosomatic disease that can only be contracted by the empress of the kuja tribe if she falls in love with a man and denies the feeling. it causes weakness, pain, and eventually death from declining health. the only known cure is for the victim to accept the emotions and pursue the object of her desire. this disease has killed many previous empresses, and is currently a threat to boa hancock, who pursues monkey d. luffy to avoid the symptoms. leezle pon green lantern corps a super-evolved smallpox virus with intelligence and sentience; it is a member of the green lantern corps that played a pivotal role in defeating despotellis. lycanthropy various the general term for the condition that causes a human to transform into a werewolf. regarded as a curse or the result of evil magic in folklore, it is often regarded as an infectious disease spread by other werewolves in modern werewolf fiction. maternal death syndrome (mds) testament of jessie lamb by jane rogersthe testament of jessie lambby jane rogers latent in everyone and triggered upon pregnancy, it causes rapid progressive brain degeneration and is invariably fatal to both mother and child. possibly a strain of jc virus. neurodermatitis dark benediction (1951)by walter miller jr. a pathogen causing rapid nervous system evolution and development of new sensory organs, which causes synesthetic psychosis in unprepared hosts. sent to earth by an alien race living in symbiosis with it, in the hopes of furthering other races' advance. designed for controlled delivery, it is turned into a plague by a curious retriever's cutting the vessel with a hacksaw. pale mare (also known as the bloody flux) a song of ice and fire this is a cholera-like disease transmitted through water. it causes diarrhea and intestinal bleeding, which soon lead to death. it is common during wars. plague of insomnia