Filth Fever

Dire rats and otyughs spread it. Those injured while in filthy surroundings might also catch it.

Transmission & Vectors

Blood contact, ingested

Causes

Spending time in a filthy environment, or being attacked by a creature that lives in a filthy habitat.

Symptoms

After the first 6 hours a dry cough forms.
After every 24 hours severe chills and hot flashes and vomiting

Treatment

Successful magical healing for 3 continuous days.

Prognosis

Death

Prevention

Proper clothing protection while in filthy environments, or distancing one from creatures in filthy habitats.

Epidemiology

Once vomiting begins, if proper sanitization then spread is slow if at all. If no sanitization then the disease can spread rapidly, wiping out a population.

Cultural Reception

Think the real life bubonic plague

Type

Bacterial

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Common