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	As a bioengineered respiratory infection<ref name="J:FRp60"/> the Redburn Virus bears some similarity to both influenza and various adenovirus strains and is incurable; treatment usually consists of mitigating the effects of the virus' symptoms. The symptoms of the Redburn Virus are more severe than both influenza and the adenovirus strains to which the Redburn Virus has been compared; during the 3079 outbreak, infection rates of 150 per 100,000 and mortality rates of 30 per 100,000 or higher had been reported on the worlds of [[Denebola]], [[Liberty]], [[Muphrid]], [[Northwind]], [[Nusakan]], [[Styk]] and [[Woodstock]]. This makes the Redburn Virus both more infectious and more lethal than common influenza.<ref name="J:FRp13"/>		As a bioengineered respiratory infection<ref name="J:FRp60"/> the Redburn Virus bears some similarity to both influenza and various adenovirus strains and is incurable; treatment usually consists of mitigating the effects of the virus' symptoms. The symptoms of the Redburn Virus are more severe than both influenza and the adenovirus strains to which the Redburn Virus has been compared; during the 3079 outbreak, infection rates of 150 per 100,000 and mortality rates of 30 per 100,000 or higher had been reported on the worlds of [[Denebola]], [[Liberty]], [[Muphrid]], [[Northwind]], [[Nusakan]], [[Styk]] and [[Woodstock]]. This makes the Redburn Virus both more infectious and more lethal than common influenza.<ref name="J:FRp13"/>
−	While the main strain of the Redburn Virus is not considered contagious, at least one variant strain of the virus has been confirmed to be communicable following incidents of infections among health care workers on Denebola who apparently contracted the virus from their patients.<ref name="J:FRp13"/>	+	Whereas the main strain of the Redburn Virus is not considered contagious, at least one variant strain of the virus has been confirmed to be communicable following incidents of infections among health care workers on Denebola who apparently contracted the virus from their patients.<ref name="J:FRp13"/>
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== Overview == The '''Redburn Virus''' is the name for a biologically modified respiratory infection developed by the [[Word of Blake]] for potential use as a biological weapon.<ref name="J:FRp13">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 13, "Plagued By Blake"</ref><ref name="J:FRp60">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 69, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> == History == Named for the first known high-profile victim to die from the disease, [[Andrew Redburn]], the Redburn Virus first appeared in [[3079]] in the wake of [[Operation SCOUR]]. Unknown before the [[Jihad]], the Redburn Virus began to appear in the general population of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] in late 3079.<ref name="J:FRp13"/> It is believed that Andrew Redburn contracted the virus in a Blakist prisoner of war camp on the world of [[Asta]], from which he was freed in March [[3077]],<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57, "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name="JHS:Tp32">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 32, "Official Update 2"</ref> and died of the virus on [[Terra]] on the 28th of February 3079. <ref name="J:FRp12">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 12, "Funeral For A Hero"</ref> None of those who tended to Andrew Redburn while on his deathbed had displayed any signs of contracting the virus by the end of 3079, but as of the 18th of December 3079 the same virus had been reported on more than twenty worlds within the former Protectorate.<ref name="J:FRp13"/> == Characteristics == As a bioengineered respiratory infection<ref name="J:FRp60"/> the Redburn Virus bears some similarity to both influenza and various adenovirus strains and is incurable; treatment usually consists of mitigating the effects of the virus' symptoms. The symptoms of the Redburn Virus are more severe than both influenza and the adenovirus strains to which the Redburn Virus has been compared; during the 3079 outbreak, infection rates of 150 per 100,000 and mortality rates of 30 per 100,000 or higher had been reported on the worlds of [[Denebola]], [[Liberty]], [[Muphrid]], [[Northwind]], [[Nusakan]], [[Styk]] and [[Woodstock]]. This makes the Redburn Virus both more infectious and more lethal than common influenza.<ref name="J:FRp13"/> Whereas the main strain of the Redburn Virus is not considered contagious, at least one variant strain of the virus has been confirmed to be communicable following incidents of infections among health care workers on Denebola who apparently contracted the virus from their patients.<ref name="J:FRp13"/> == Reference == <references /> == Bibliography == * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' [[Category:Pathogens, Diseases and Medical Conditions]] [[Category:Weapons of Mass Destruction]]

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