Science Fiction Microbial A B Black Oil , a.k.a.Black Cancer , a.k.a. Purity (alien virus living underground in oil deposits) - X-Files universeBlister Fever - Kameron Hurley's novel God's War , p. 86Blueskin plague - Murray Leinster's novel This World is Taboo fill text Boneitis Futurama C D Dorian Gray syndrome - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312 , p. 361E Ebola B - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep Evolve (virus) - Tim Lebbon's novel London's Eye (Toxic City series)F 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 G H Hand of God - Jerry Oltion's short story "The Last of Lust in Analog, October 2011 Helico Virus - Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia Trilogy , Helliconia Winter , p. 76Hypersomic Plague (virus) - Spider Robinson's novel Telempath I Intestinal Bodyguard (genetically engineering organism goes rogue) - Mira Grant's novel Parasite (Parasitology Volume 1 )J 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 K L 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, 2012Leninger's Disease - David Brin's novel Existence , p. 346M Marburg Red - Ramez Naam's novel Nexus , pp. 75-76Martian Fever - Arthur C. Clarke's novel The Sands of Mars , p. 111Merovian Plague - John Scalzi's novel Redshirts mutAIDS - John Barnes's novel The Sky So Big and Black N N5S-virus - Nihei Tsutomu's Biomega manga NARVIK Helix (Syfy)Newpox - Katy Stauber's novel Revolution World Noakes Syndrome - David Brin's novel Existence , p. 346O P Pavirus , a.k.a. D-Pav vurus - Charles E. Gannon's novel Fire With Fire , p. 210.Pestilence of the Jihad - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion , p. 4Phoebe bug Leviathan Awakes plague four - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep plague five - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep pseudo-polio - M. John Harrison's novel Empty Space: A Haunting , brief reference, p. 187R R-Strain Syphilis - Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale Rage - 28 Days Later 2002 filmRed Death - Edgar Allen Poe's novel Masque of the Red Death S Scarlet Plague - Jack London's novel The Scarlet Plague St. Mary's - V for Vendetta 2006 filmStrep Five Virus - Johnny Fincham's novel While the God's Sleep Silent Untreated Disease Syndrome , a.k.a. SUDS - Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia Trilogy , Helliconia Winter , p.99T Transcription Divergence Syndrome - Daryl Gregory's novel The Devil's Alphabet Tritonian Hypermalaria - "Dr. John Zoidberg, "M"D*" episode of Futurama August 19, 2011V Venus Particle - Douglas Preston's novel Tyrannosaur Canyon Venusian flu - Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312 , p. 203Virus QQ - Larry Niven's novel Protector W 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 X Xavier's Plague - James Morrow's 1990 novel City of Truth , p. 25Y Z Zeta-Three (bacteria) - Larry Niven's novel Protector Fungal Gill Blight - James L. Cambias's novel A Darkling Sea , p. 314Tailored Rice Blast - John Barnes's novel The Sky So Big and Black Genetic Golem (fibrodysplasia variant caused by an intentionally dispersed single point retroviral) - Peter Watts' novel Blindsight , pp. 291-292Gorman's Syndrome (genetic) - David Marusek's novel Mind Over Ship , p. 304Z-Factor Deficiency - Katy Stauber's novel Revolution World Psychiatric Denver Madness - John Brunner's novel The Sheep look Up , (caused by leaks of dumped military chemical warfare agents), p. 443line-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. 139-140rock-happy - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Solitosis - Hallucination Orbit X-Minus radio programspace-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 Uncertain Chronic Worry Syndrome - Sealab 2021 animated telelvision seriesGarfield Syndrome - "Dr. John Zoidberg, "M"D*" episode of Futurama August 19, 2011Gulf Syndrome - Matt Ruff's novel The Mirage , pp, 270-271the Lassitude - Matthew Hughes's novel Black Brillion , Archonate universeYetiism - "Dr. John Zoidberg, "M"D*" episode of Futurama August 19, 2011Unnamed 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
Unnamed wasting disease - Mike Resnick's A Miracle of Rare Resign , p. 229 Non-Science Fiction or Not Quite Science Fiction Fiction 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 filmBrain Pox - Richard Preston's novel The Cobra Event Black Trump Virus - George R. R. Martin's novel Wild Cards Canasyphilaids - High Risk Behavior Brickleberry premiereChatterton Syndrome - 30 Rock Live TV episode, April 26, 2012Captain Trips (a.k.a. superflu, the rales, Tube Neck, Project Blue and A-Prime) -Stephen King's novel The Stand Emysphilia - prank by John BehanGastric Flu - "Frozen Yoghurt", episode 2, season 1 of Veep HBO comedy television seriesHeinsbergen Syndrome - The Royal Tannenbaums 2001 film, Facebook Page for disease Hepatitis E - Episode 308 of New Rules Real Time with Bill Maher February 21, 2014.Hyperactive Libido Syndrome - The People vs. Martin Sugar episode of American Dad , Season 7, Episode 7, December 5, 2010.Hypernarcissosis - "Celebrity Impressionists" episode of Community 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 16Morgollons - Internet borne mythMotaba - Outbreak 1995 filmNAM37 - The Patriot 1998 filmOctober 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. 217Skittles Pox - Skittles advertisement white sickness (epidemic blindness) - José Saramago's novels Blindness and Seeing X-T Virus - Beavis and Butthead Do America 1996 filmPopular Science 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. 183-205Marts 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. 183-205Venus 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. 183-205Other April Fools Disease Revealed as False Within the Story Links
