The Mox
The Mox is a common viral disease that is spread by means of several species of biting flies. Once a person is infected, they remain asymptomatic for the first many days that they are first sick, further spreading the disease to others. The disease is not particularly deadly for the strong and healthy, however it can cause death and permanent damage in small children and the elderly. Symptoms start relatively mild with a cough, sneezes, and general fatigue. By the time the fever hits the victim the disease has progressed to sweats, chills, dehydration, diarrhea, and vomiting. If the individual is healthy the fever will break after five or six days and the illness will pass. However if the fever does not break the disease takes a turn for the worse, and possibilities for recovery begin to quickly diminish. Victims will hallucinate as their fever increases unchecked and begin coughing up blood. Once the delirium takes full hold of the mind, the body passes soon after.
Transmission & Vectors
The Northern Biting Fly and related species are the secondary host to humanoid sapients. Once a primary host is infected the disease spreads by bodily fluids such as coughs, sneezes, diarrhea, and vomit.
Treatment
Artwinian herbalists and alchemists have been attempting to develop a cure for years. With funds from the Artwinian state, the herbalists have been purchasing contracts of work and using the indentured servants as test subjects. Together the alchemists and herbalists combined their knowledge of their relative fields and concocted potion after potion with benign and disastrous effect. Recently, after numerous attempts and contracts, it has been reported that they have had success.
Type
Viral
Origin
Natural
Cycle
Short-term
Rarity
Common
Affected Species
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