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Operation MayWEST-SKEDHU, Shadowglen - A recent investigation by private investigators from Centropolis, accompanied by volunteers from Shadowglen and neighboring Meneb uncovered new information regarding the unknown epidemic that killed 264 patients in the Sildi Memorial Hospital on March 28, 2014.
A new virus, currently named EEV-2, for "enteroencephalopathic virus", was found in cortical tissue samples derived from all recovered corpses from the hospital. EEV-2 is suggested to be a mutated form of the still unidentified virus from a substance named "Bulbous Vial", distributed to some tourists to the Shadowglen Underground, during the Survival Celebration last February 2014. Scientists in the investigative teams proposed two modes of transmission for EEV-2. The first proposal states that saliva from the bite of a carrier of EEV-2 carries the virus to the bloodstream, where it propagates itself through binding to CD4[sup]+[/sup] T helper cells and utilizing the replication mechanisms of the cell to propagate its genetic code. This is similar to the mechanism of infection of HIV, a virus that specifically affects humans. Another proposal states that EEV-2 is a specially engineered variation of the virus from the "Bulbous Vial", designed to trigger rapid death in humans and other sapient races. Of the 270 patients in the Sildi Memorial Hospital, only 6 Tehb patients did not die to the virus. EEV-2 is said to also directly trigger a rapid auto-immune response that leads to the lysis of cells in the gastrointestinal tract, and subsequent tissue necrosis. The virus then targets the cerebral cortex, triggering the apoptosis of cells in neural tissue. The cortex affects attention, language, thought, consciousness, memory, and perception. The brain stem is the next part of the brain affected with hyperimmune responses, leading to cell death in the area. Dr. Rosemarie Sazyk, an Unliving virologist known for her previous affiliation with the Skedhu Liberation Front, stated that ethnic Tehb are immune to EEV-2 infections, due to slight differences in T helper cells found in their body. She states that "Tehb are still able to carry the disease and transmit them to other sapient races." Dr. Sazyk adds, "those who die to EEV-2 were found unable to be revived in the Shadowglen Underground. Its period of incubation is a measly 1 day, and all progressions of the disease are carried out in as little as 2 days, to as long as 4 days." |