Smallpox (Variola major)
Small Pox is a virus the is characterised by blister covering the body. It is very contagious and moderately deadly killing 30% of all it infects.
Type:
Virus - A virus is a very small organism that can only reproduce inside an infected host. Outside of a host it can survive in a dormant state for a long time. They can infect almost any type of living creature, including bateria.
Transmission:
Air - Pathogen is in the air and can be affected by winds, increasing its contamination area down wind and decreasing up wind.
Statistics:
- Lethality: 30%
- Infection Rate: 98%
- Contamenation Area: 10 Meters
- Gestation Period: 2 Days
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Save: Health
- Advancement Time: 2 Days
- Life Span: 30 Days
- Residual Life: 12 Days
Symptoms:
Stage 1: Fever, muscle pain, malaise, headache and rash
Stage 2: Symptoms continues, rash turns into hard bumps on the skin.
Stage 3: Symptoms continues, bumps start to fill with fluid
Stage 4: Symptoms continues, bumps reach maximum size and begin to ooze
Stage 5: Death Roll
Stage 6: Symptoms continues, bumps begin to deflate
Stage 7: Bumps dry up and begin to scab over.
Stage 8: All bumps are scabbed and have begun to fall off.
Survivor Results:
Immunity to all smallpox infections
