"Corrupted Blood" and Public Health

Berkeley Scientific: the journal of young scientists

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Nachiket Girish

关键词: Epidemiology;    World of Warcraft;    Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game;    MMORPG;    Simulation;    Infectious Disease;    Behavioral Model;    Disease Spread Model;    Corrupted Blood;    Virtual Epidemic;   

DOI  :  10.5070/BS3241046896

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: University of California, Berkeley

【 摘 要 】

S eptember 13, 2005: Explorers traversing a newly discovered land,an ancient ruin of a once-powerful people,encountered a theretofore unknown virus.Dismissing the disease as a slight inconvenience, they continued with their journey.The pathogen they had summarily dismissed, however, was not as innocuous asthey had first assumed. Within a week, thedisease had evolved into a plague, killing offentire cities and districts all over the world.The establishment of quarantines and theselfless work of healers were fruitless in theface of its relentless onslaught. It was onlyafter the world’s creators themselves intervened and set things right that civilizationcould continue.

【 授权许可】

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