Contents 1 Science Fiction 1.1 Microbial 1.1.1 A 1.1.2 B 1.1.3 C 1.1.4 D 1.1.5 E 1.1.6 F 1.1.7 G 1.1.8 H 1.1.9 J 1.1.10 K 1.1.11 L 1.1.12 M 1.1.13 N 1.1.14 P 1.1.15 R 1.1.16 S 1.1.17 T 1.1.18 V 1.1.19 W 1.1.20 Y 1.1.21 Z 1.2 Fungal 1.3 Genetic 1.4 Psychiatric 1.5 Uncertain 1.6 Unnamed 2 Non-Science Fiction or Not Quite Science Fiction Fiction 3 Popular Science 4 Other 4.1 Disease Revealed as False Within the Story 5 Links

Science FictionEdit

MicrobialEdit

AEdit

• AIDS Plus - Colin Harvey's novel Damage Time
• Airborne AIDS - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep
• Alchemist's Curse - A Night At Global Dynamics episode of Eureka television series
• Anatid Flu - Michael Schuster and Steve Mollman's novel A Choice of Catastrophes, Star Trek: The Original Series universe

BEdit

• Blister Fever - Kameron Hurley's novel God's War, p. 86
• Blueskin plague - Murray Leinster's novel This World is Taboo fill text
• Boneitis - Futurama

CEdit

• Clarke's Disease - Star Trek universe
• Communion (virus) - Ramez Naam's novel Nexus, p. 76
• Creon Fever - Space Precinct television series

DEdit

• Dorian Gray syndrome - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 361

EEdit

• Ebola B - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep
• Evolve (virus) - Tim Lebbon's novel London's Eye (Toxic City series)

FEdit

• Fansel Grass Fever (bovine) - Andre Norton's novel Plague Ship
• Fleischman's Disease - Frederick Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth's novel The Space Merchants
• Flood - Greg Bear's Cryptum: The Forernner Saga (Halo universe)
• the Fear - Robert Holdstock's novel Eye Among the Blind

GEdit

• Gamma Hydran Hyperaging Syndrome - Michael Schuster and Steve Mollman's Star Trek: The Original Series novel, A Choice of Catastrophes, p. 118

HEdit

• Hand of God - Jerry Oltion's short story "The Last of Lust in Analog, October 2011

JEdit

• Jakarta Pandemic - Steven Konkoly's novel The Jakarta Pandemic
• Juedenvirus - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion
• JUVE virus - Margaret Atwood's novel Oryx and Crake

KEdit

• Kellis-Amberlee Virus - Mira Grant's Newsflash series novel Feed (Book 1)
• Krippen Virus (KV) - I Am Legend 2007 film

LEdit

• Ledgerton Virus - David Gerrold's short story "How We Saved the Human Race" in his collection With a Finger in My I
• Lebruachuanarrhea - Zapp Dingbat episode of Futurama. July 11, 2012.

MEdit

• Marburg Red - Ramez Naam's novel Nexus, pp. 75-76
• Merovian Plague - John Scalzi's novel Redshirts
• mutAIDS - John Barnes's novel The Sky So Big and Black

NEdit

• Newpox - Katy Stauber's novel Revolution World

PEdit

• Pestilence of the Jihad - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 4
• Phoebe bug - James S.A. Corey's novel Leviathan Awakes
• plague four - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep
• plague five - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep

REdit

• R-Strain Syphilis - Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale
• Rage - 28 Days Later 2002 film
• Red Death - Edgar Allen Poe's novel Masque of the Red Death

SEdit

• Scarlet Plague - Jack London's novel The Scarlet Plague
• St. Mary's - V for Vendetta 2006 film
• Strep Five Virus - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep

TEdit

• Transcription Divergence Syndrome - Daryl Gregory's novel The Devil's Alphabet
• Tritonian Hypermalaria - "Dr. John Zoidberg, "M"D*" episode of Futurama August 19, 2011

VEdit

• Venus Particle - Douglas Preston's novel Tyrannosaur Canyon
• Venusian flu - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312, p. 203
• Virus QQ - Larry Niven's novel Protector

WEdit

• Waterless Flood - Margaret Atwood's novel The Year of the Flood
• White Disease - Karel Capek's play The White Plague
• White Plague - Frank Herbert's novel The White Plague
• White Plague - Dale Pendell's novel The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse

YEdit

• Yijola virus - Natural City 2003 film

ZEdit

• Zeta-Three (bacteria) - Larry Niven's novel Protector

FungalEdit

• Tailored Rice Blast - John Barnes's novel The Sky So Big and Black

GeneticEdit

• Golem (fibrodysplasia variant caused by an intentionally dispersed single point retroviral) - Peter Watts' novel Blindsight, pp. 291-292
• Gorman's Syndrome (genetic) - David Marusek's novel Mind Over Ship, p. 304
• Z-Factor Deficiency - Katy Stauber's novel Revolution World

PsychiatricEdit

• line-sickness (caused by crowding in queues) - John Hersey's novel My Petition For More Space
• Rip van Winkle's Disease (depression caused by extreme longevity) - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Icehenge, pp. 139-140
• rock-happy - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
• Solitosis - Hallucination Orbit X-Minus radio program
• space-whirly or whirlies - Andre Norton's novel Plague Ship
• The Disease - Robert Sheckley's "Carrier" in William F. Nolan's short story collection A Wilderness of Stars
• Wendigo Psychosis

UncertainEdit

• Garfield Syndrome - "Dr. John Zoidberg, "M"D*" episode of Futurama August 19, 2011
• Gulf Syndrome - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage, pp, 270-271
• the Lassitude - Matthew Hughes's novel Black Brillion, Archonate universe
• Yetiism - "Dr. John Zoidberg, "M"D*" episode of Futurama August 19, 2011

UnnamedEdit

• Unnamed bird flu mutation in Contagion 2011 film
• Unnamed combat virus - The Crazies 1973 film
• Unnamed computer/biological virus described as an "artifact outbreak" - "Lovesick" episode of Warehoue 13 July 25, 2011
• Unnamed infection in Apollo 18
• Unnamed virus in Carnosaur 1993 film
• Unnamed virus that causes premature aging and intellectual deterioration - David Dvorkin's novel Budspy, p. 253
• Unnamed genetically engineered mutation of rabies - Ben Bova's novel Leviathans of Jupiter, p. 100
• Unnamed microbe in Twelve Monkeys 1995 film
• The Diary of Juhzoh Okita, Exobiologist (extraterrestrial microbe accidentally released from the Hayabusa asteroid-sample capsule]
• Unnamed biological warfare agent that kills men but not women - Marcel Theroux's novel Far North

Non-Science Fiction or Not Quite Science Fiction FictionEdit

• Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton's novel The Andromeda Strain
• Benghazi Flu - defeated Republican former U.S. Representative from Florida Allen West
• Back Mumps - First Chang Dynasty episode of Community television series, May 17, 2012.
• Brain Cloud - Joe and the Volcano 1990 film
• Brain Pox - Richard Preston's novel The Cobra Event
• Black Trump Virus - George R. R. Martin's novel Wild Cards
• Canasyphilaids - High Risk Behavior Brickleberry premiere
• Chatterton Syndrome - 30 Rock Live TV episode, April 26, 2012
• Captain Trips (a.k.a. superflu, the rales, Tube Neck, Project Blue and A-Prime) -Stephen King's novel The Stand
• Emysphilia - prank by John Behan
• Heinsbergen Syndrome - The Royal Tannenbaums 2001 film, Facebook Page for disease
• Hyperactive Libido Syndrome - The People vs. Martin Sugar episode of American Dad, Season 7, Episode 7, December 5, 2010.
• Hypernarcissosis - "Celebrity Impressionists" episode ofCommunity
• ill wind (a.k.a. October project; a.k.a. Sera-Flu vaccine) - James Lilliefors's novel Viral
• Morbid Halitosis - Halitosis Kidz South Park episode, Season 16
• Morgollons - Internet borne myth
• Motaba - Outbreak 1995 film
• NAM37 - The Patriot 1998 film
• October project (a.k.a. ill wind; a.k.a. Sera-Flu vaccine) - James Lilliefors's novel Viral
• O.L.D. - 30 Rock Live TV episode, April 26, 2012
• Plague of Insomnia - Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude
• Sera-Flue vaccine (a.k.a. October project; a.k.a. ill wind) - James Lilliefors's novel Viral, p. 217
• Skittles Pox - Skittles advertisement
• white sickness (epidemic blindness) - José Saramago's novels Blindness and Seeing
• X-T Virus - Beavis and Butthead Do America 1996 film

Popular ScienceEdit

• ManeM aeslinger (moon measles) - Influenza fra universet, unlabeled magazine clipping dated 24 June 1960, Box 26, Lederberg Papers, cited in Audra J. Wolfe Germs in Space: Joshua Lederberg, Exobiology, and the Public Imagination, 1958-1964. Isis, vol. 93, no. 2 (Jun., 2002), pp. 183-205
• Marts Influenza (Mars flu) - Influenza fra universet, unlabeled magazine clipping dated 24 June 1960, Box 26, Lederberg Papers, cited in Audra J. Wolfe Germs in Space: Joshua Lederberg, Exobiology, and the Public Imagination, 1958-1964. Isis, vol. 93, no. 2 (Jun., 2002), pp. 183-205
• Venus Vorter (Venus warts) - Influenza fra universet, unlabeled magazine clipping dated 24 June 1960, Box 26, Lederberg Papers, cited in Audra J. Wolfe Germs in Space: Joshua Lederberg, Exobiology, and the Public Imagination, 1958-1964. Isis, vol. 93, no. 2 (Jun., 2002), pp. 183-205

OtherEdit

Disease Revealed as False Within the StoryEdit

• Hansdorf Syndrome - My Life in Ruins 2009 film
• Mindheat Fever - Zach Hughes's novel Closed System, pp. 64, 80
• Stick-it-to-da-man-niosis (blood disease) - The School of Rock 2003 film
• Uromycetisis - Seinfeld

LinksEdit

• Could Zombieland REALLY Happen? Discovery News
• Fictional Diseases in Futurama