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Chapter 313 Prelude to the Plague Age

Rao has seen many terrifying scenes, but when Xia Ren saw the projection, he couldn't help but gasp.

To be honest, at first glance, he didn't realize that it was a human brain at all. The dark yellow brain was fragmented, like a pile of tofu dregs. Among the disgusting white residue, the characteristic fissure structure of the cerebral cortex can be discerned.

"It's a patient's brain that has lost 30 percent of its mass."

The vice-president introduced: "The patient died suddenly at work. Except for poor sleep, his family members and colleagues did not find any other obvious abnormalities in him. After autopsy, it was found that although his brain loss Nearly one-third of the mass was lost, but almost none of the lost parts touched the functional area."

"What is the Black Dragon Sign?"

Xia Ren asked Niu Changshou next to him in a low voice, and the latter explained: "You can simply imagine the brain as several rooms, the rooms are connected by passages, and Bulong Zheng means that there are cysts, tumors, or cysticercosis in the fourth room. Because of the sudden change of the person's body position, these things also moved, blocking the exit of the fourth room and affecting the brain function. Do you understand?"

"understood."

Xia Ren nodded.

In fact, he still doesn't quite understand.

These professional medical terms involved his knowledge blind spot, even the introduction just now he was confused, such as hepatic encephalopathy, chorea minor, cerebral arterial steal syndrome, he was completely at a loss .

The vice president switched to the next picture, this time the brain was much more complete than before, but the thin, twisted holes in the cerebral cortex still made people feel serious discomfort, Xia Ren recalled subconsciously After the escape I experienced in my ancient dream not long ago, the cave inhabiting Baiaki is like the enlarged version of the brain at this time, and the winding and rugged cave inside is the hole in the brain at this time.

That was a bad memory. When he thought of the last stage of the ancient dream, the fat body under the maggot man's cloak, Xia Ren felt the discomfort in his heart become more serious.

"It's not just that."

The deputy dean continued: "The brains of the remaining patients were dissected and found that although these hollow holes are eating up the brain, they basically do not touch the functional areas, and most of the patients' brains have not been infected, so even if you look It sounds scary, but in fact, the damage they cause to the human body is very limited.

According to the information currently available, nearly 70.00% of the patients died not because of brain damage, but for other reasons. "

"Any ideas?"

Niu Changshou asked.

The two professors and the vice president looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Patients died in too many ways, many of which were accidents in life due to physical exhaustion, some chose to commit suicide due to great mental pressure, and some were sudden death of unknown cause and irreversible multiple organ failure."

One of the professors added: "The reason for the formation of hollow-out holes in the brain and where the lost brain tissue went is also a mystery. We speculate that it is because of some kind of parasite, but so far no trace of parasite activity has been found. The patient No parasite secretions or other foreign bodies were detected in the brain, and more importantly, none of the suspicious patients had an immune response, indicating that there was no foreign body invasion in the body. In other words, the patient’s body was not invaded by normal organisms."

Immune response refers to the process of host immune response to parasite antigens, which is divided into three stages: antigen processing and presentation, immune cell proliferation and differentiation stage, and generation of cellular immunity and humoral immunity.

Although it seems to be a way for the immune system to fight against parasites, in fact, immunity should not only bring good results, it is divided into two types, one is the protective effect on the host with different degrees of protection Immunity, there is another kind that causes host tissue damage and immune pathological damage. Usually, these two results will exist simultaneously in the same host.

Most of the clinical manifestations produced by the immune response process are relatively obvious, so it is also helpful for doctors to diagnose.

If these cases are indeed caused by some kind of parasite, it is still a tricky thing to not trigger the body's immune response, or the immune response is very weak.

Niu Changshou listened to their opinions quietly, summarizing and thinking in his heart.

"From the first suspected case to the present, we displayed the residential addresses of all the patients on the map in the order in which they appeared, from shallow to deep, and the result was such a rendering."

The deputy dean brought up the map screen, and it can be clearly seen that, with Dongpu University of Science and Technology as the .asxs., densely packed red dots spread in a circle like the entire Dongpu City, and the source of **-type insectophobia is instantly clear at a glance.

"Dongpu University of Science and Technology..."

Niu Changshou narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Maybe it's related to the incident two years ago."

"Two years ago?"

The deputy dean frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly asked in surprise: "You're talking about the case where the paleontologist and a dozen students disappeared together?"

"It's not certain yet."

Niu Changshou stretched his body and said, "Let's stop here for the time being. Is there any surviving case? Take me to have a look."

"can."

Two professors stood up from their seats. They are experts in cardiovascular and neurosurgery respectively, and they also know the existence of the World Superman Association, so they can participate in it.

The vice president walked in front, leading them, and said: "At present, the number of patients in our hospital has been reduced by about [-]%, and we do not accept inpatients. All suspicious cases in Dongpu City have been admitted to our hospital. "

"Then aren't you afraid of being infected?"

Qin Yun couldn't help asking.

The deputy dean turned around, glanced at her, and said flatly, "You don't understand what this means."

Yes, Qin Yun is not a medical major, and she couldn't understand the other party's explanation just now, so she hasn't realized the seriousness of the problem.

A disease with a fatality rate of almost [-]%. It is highly insidious, has acute onset symptoms, and can greatly affect the quality of life of patients. It has been confirmed to be contagious with a high probability, but the worst thing is that its transmission route is still unknown.

There are very few examples of such a serious infectious disease in history. If you have to find one for comparison, it is the plague!

Although only [-] cases have been detected so far, it is so difficult to diagnose, and no one knows how many people have been infected.

As a large commercial tourist city, Dongpu City receives more than 3 million tourists every year. The runway of the airport never stops 24 hours a day. There are planes taking off and landing here all the time. people uploaded here.

It took several months for the type 1000 insectophobia to spread from Dongpu University of Science and Technology to every corner of Dongpu City, which has a permanent population of more than [-] million, and increased the fatality rate of the entire city's population by [-] percentage points.

So how long will it take Dongpu City as the center to spread its existence to every corner of the world?

This is not just a disease.

It's... the plague!

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Chapter 314 Parietal Lobe Injury

There were several muscular security guards in black uniforms standing at the entrance of the inpatient building. Xia Ren noticed that their belts were printed with the pattern of the old seal.

The deputy dean explained: "This is set up to prevent patients from escaping, because some patients' mental states are very unstable, and there have been examples of escaping before, so we are extra careful."

Hearing what he said, Xia Ren discovered that there are protective nets outside the windows on every floor of the inpatient building, and it is obvious that they were installed only recently.

"Someone jumped off the building?"

he asks.

The vice president nodded, without concealing the situation: "After centralized treatment, six patients committed suicide by jumping off the building."

"Then how many patients do you have?"

"45 cases."