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| − | The '''aphasia virus''' was invented in [[2351]] by [[Dekon Elig]], a [[Bajoran]] scientist, who stored the virus aboard [[Deep Space 9]] as a booby |
+ | The '''aphasia virus''' was invented in [[2351]] by [[Dekon Elig]], a [[Bajoran]] [[scientist]], who stored the [[virus]] aboard [[Deep Space 9]] as a booby-trap intended for its [[Cardassian]] [[Occupation of Bajor|occupiers]]. The virus did not technically induce aphasia, usually caused by physical damage to an area of the [[brain]], but only mimicked its effects in a similar manner. The virus resided in the [[temporal lobe]]s of the infected, and had an adaptive synaptic inhibitor. Its symptoms included speaking in gibberish and the inability to understand language. The virus disrupted the brain's processing of aural and visual stimuli. It worked by imposing itself within the established synaptic pathways of the temporal lobes and then rerouting them. In the later stages the virus caused high fever and attacked the [[autonomic nervous system]], which eventually led to [[death]]. |
Elig had designed the virus, along with his assistant [[Surmak Ren]], to attack the Cardassians and eventually spread to the entire population of the station. It was hoped that inability to communicate or properly read the station's information displays would lead to the destruction of the station. |
Elig had designed the virus, along with his assistant [[Surmak Ren]], to attack the Cardassians and eventually spread to the entire population of the station. It was hoped that inability to communicate or properly read the station's information displays would lead to the destruction of the station. |
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+ | [[File:PADD.jpg|thumb|left|A result of the Aphasia virus]] |
| − | In [[2369]], however, after nearly two decades of lying in wait aboard the station, the virus was inadvertently activated by [[Miles O'Brien]] and began to spread aboard the |
+ | In [[2369]], however, after nearly two decades of lying in wait aboard the station, the virus was inadvertently activated by [[Miles O'Brien]] and began to spread aboard the then-Bajoran station. The crisis that Elig had hoped to induce among Cardassians threatened to destroy the station even as it had recently become a place of vital strategic importance to [[Bajor]] and the [[Federation]]. [[Jaheel]], a [[freighter]] [[captain]] docked at the station at the time of the crisis, nearly crippled the facility after he became infected and attempted leave the station even though his ship was still attached to the station by its [[mooring clamp]]s. |
| − | In order to stop the virus, [[Doctor]] [[Julian Bashir]] took several samples and exposed them to different kinds of [[radiation]], including [[delta radiation|delta]] and [[hyperonic radiation]]. He grew the samples in [[triagar solution]] or [[tetracitrus gel]] and kept them at 370 [[ |
+ | In order to stop the virus, [[Doctor]] [[Julian Bashir]] took several samples and exposed them to different kinds of [[radiation]], including [[delta radiation|delta]] and [[hyperonic radiation]]. He grew the samples in [[triagar solution]] or [[tetracitrus gel]] and kept them at 370 [[Kelvin]] and at an [[atmosphere]] of a [[class M]] equivalent. According to Doctor Bashir the virus varied its [[gestation period]] with each new individual. Bashir tried to use [[base pair destabilizer]]s and [[sequential disruption]] against the virus, but none were effective in combating it. |
| − | The spread of the virus was only halted through the efforts of [[Quark]] |
+ | The spread of the virus was only halted through the efforts of [[Quark]] and [[Odo]], who were both immune due their physiology, and [[Kira Nerys]] who forcibly brought Surmak aboard the station in order to infect him and provide incentive for him to develop an [[antidote]]. ({{DS9|Babel}}) |
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Revision as of 23:12, 22 October 2013
The Aphasia virus
The aphasia virus was invented in 2351 by Dekon Elig, a Bajoran scientist, who stored the virus aboard Deep Space 9 as a booby-trap intended for its Cardassian occupiers. The virus did not technically induce aphasia, usually caused by physical damage to an area of the brain, but only mimicked its effects in a similar manner. The virus resided in the temporal lobes of the infected, and had an adaptive synaptic inhibitor. Its symptoms included speaking in gibberish and the inability to understand language. The virus disrupted the brain's processing of aural and visual stimuli. It worked by imposing itself within the established synaptic pathways of the temporal lobes and then rerouting them. In the later stages the virus caused high fever and attacked the autonomic nervous system, which eventually led to death.
Elig had designed the virus, along with his assistant Surmak Ren, to attack the Cardassians and eventually spread to the entire population of the station. It was hoped that inability to communicate or properly read the station's information displays would lead to the destruction of the station.
A result of the Aphasia virus
In 2369, however, after nearly two decades of lying in wait aboard the station, the virus was inadvertently activated by Miles O'Brien and began to spread aboard the then-Bajoran station. The crisis that Elig had hoped to induce among Cardassians threatened to destroy the station even as it had recently become a place of vital strategic importance to Bajor and the Federation. Jaheel, a freighter captain docked at the station at the time of the crisis, nearly crippled the facility after he became infected and attempted leave the station even though his ship was still attached to the station by its mooring clamps.
In order to stop the virus, Doctor Julian Bashir took several samples and exposed them to different kinds of radiation, including delta and hyperonic radiation. He grew the samples in triagar solution or tetracitrus gel and kept them at 370 Kelvin and at an atmosphere of a class M equivalent. According to Doctor Bashir the virus varied its gestation period with each new individual. Bashir tried to use base pair destabilizers and sequential disruption against the virus, but none were effective in combating it.
The spread of the virus was only halted through the efforts of Quark and Odo, who were both immune due their physiology, and Kira Nerys who forcibly brought Surmak aboard the station in order to infect him and provide incentive for him to develop an antidote. (DS9: "Babel")