Xarnicus

Xarnicus is a deadly, contagious, and infectious virus that follows the bacterium of the same name, Xarnicus Siglion. The virus is native to Inogifh, Utarang B, and Earth, but can spread to other planets via travel, transmission, and skin contact. Xarnicus mainly infects Inogifhian tabulons, humans, and visitors from other planets. The mortality rate of the virus is slim with the first symptoms of tabulons and humans being first a headache, cough, and rash, but Xarnicus' sharp edges allow the virus to cut into much more powerful cells and can even attack the immune system. As this happens, symptoms greatly increase as nausea, appendicitis, pain in the stomach, and trouble breathing is common. After that the symptoms increase dramatically, organs such as the stomach, colon, and lungs begin to fail. This results in hospitalization and, in sometimes common cases, coma and death.

The first patient to contract Xarnicus was a citizen of the Republic of the Sandy Isles, Mervo Hilon Saidinger, a tabulon scientist. He, surprisingly, survived but the virus spread to the nurses and doctors, who spread it to other patients. The first epidemic began in Gerolix 3049 but lasted until Apoling 3050. Approximately 120,000 people had positive cases of Xarnicus, in which 65% were hospitalized, and 35,000 people died. But after the 3050 Utacane season on Utarang B and Inogifh resulted in millions of people being displaced, an Inogifhian tabulon working on replacing wind shields contracted Xarnicus in the floodwaters. He spread the virus to others, resulting in human refugees getting positive cases. More humans died than tabulons because the virus was very new to their immune systems. In total, the 3050-3057 pandemic, which became a solademic in 3053, resulted in 4.2 billion people being infected, with 2 billion contracting positive cases, 1.7 billion being hospitalized, and over 1 billion people dying from the virus.

Though the 3050-57 solademic was the worst and most notable of the epidemics, the 3059-63 epidemic was notable for being the only epidemic to reside within one country, the United Republics of Inogifh, which contracted 3 million tabulons, 1.5 million hospitalizations, and 500,000 deaths.

But, on Etabex 19, 3070, after 2 more epidemics, Xarnicus was contracted on Inogifhian tabulon and human scientists while testing out the virus for new variants. This new Xarnicus was just the same but it was more contagious now.