dognovel Chapter 639
Chapter 639
He paused, his tone deeper. "One type is people with antibodies in their bodies. Their immune systems will quickly eliminate the virus. The other type is people without antibodies in their bodies. The virus will continue to multiply, eventually sucking all the blood out of the body, causing death and turning into a mummy."
This news was like a bomb, exploding in everyone's heart.
The captain's face turned pale. He quickly ordered to block the news, conduct large-scale blood sample tests internally, and strengthen the island's epidemic prevention measures.
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu also noticed some abnormal symptoms among the residents on Hope Island.
The first thing they thought of was the virus in the sea fog, and they were extremely anxious.
There was an urgent need for a doctor on the warship, and both Zhong Tiyun and Grandma Pang at home had symptoms of a mild cough.
Zhou Shuwan finally decided to join the warship's medical team to get information about the virus as soon as possible so that he could respond accordingly.
The Medical Department certainly welcomes her to join.
In particular, Doctor Wei Jun, who was familiar with her and was the leader of the team that was trying to conquer the sea fog virus, specifically asked Zhou Shuwan to participate in their research.
Of course Zhou Shuwan wanted it more than anything.
There are very few traditional Chinese medicine practitioners on the warship, and Zhou Shuwan can just make up for this lack.
Zhou Shuwan stood in front of the warship's medical cabin door, took a deep breath, and glanced at the busy military doctors in the cabin.
The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant, mixed with a hint of indescribable anxiety.
She raised her hand to straighten her white coat and walked in.
"Doctor Zhou, you're here." The nurse who recognized her immediately came forward and handed her a list of the latest infected patients. "A new batch of patients has just been sent in. They all have similar symptoms: cough, fever, and some are already showing signs of difficulty breathing."
Zhou Shuwan took the list, glanced at it quickly, and frowned slightly: "Are the blood test results out?"
"Yes, all of their infected patients have abnormal microorganisms." The nurse's tone was a little uneasy. "Doctor Wei just came to see me, and he said... the situation is not optimistic."
Zhou Shuwan nodded, said nothing more, and walked quickly towards the microscope.
Doctor Wei was leaning over something, observing something. When he saw her coming, he straightened up, his face heavy. "Wanwan, you're here just in time. Take a look at this."
She leaned in front of the microscope and saw a horrifying scene through the eyepiece - densely packed worms were wriggling in the blood, as if countless tiny snakes were devouring the blood cells.
Her heartbeat quickened, but she maintained a calm expression on her face.
"Are these bugs... the concrete manifestations of the virus?" she asked in a low voice. Zhou Shuwan stood high on the island, his eyes still fixed on the microscope.
Doctor Wei nodded, his tone solemn, "That's right. We've found that this virus is less active in the mist, but once it enters the human body, it multiplies rapidly and feeds on the blood until it's completely drained.
Zhou Shuwan stared at the image under the microscope, and moved his fingers slightly to adjust the focus.
In the blood sample in the picture, tiny worms are wriggling constantly, as if greedily absorbing nutrients from the blood.
She changed the specimen.
She sat in front of the microscope and looked at the specimens all night long.
By the second half of the night, she was so tired that she almost fell asleep.
Half asleep, she suddenly thought of a possibility.
There seemed to be something unusual about the bugs' behavior, particularly their reactions to different blood types.
She raised her head and turned her gaze to Dr. Wei, who had also spent the night doing research. Her tone was calm but with a hint of urgency: "Dr. Wei, you see, these viruses seem to react differently to different blood types. Especially in patients with type O blood, their condition is significantly milder, and the virus's activity is relatively slow."
Upon hearing this, Dr. Wei immediately leaned over to the microscope, examined it carefully for a moment, and his eyes gradually became focused.
He raised his head, his expression serious. "Indeed, those infected with type O blood have milder symptoms. This may be because the virus has different sensitivities to blood types."
He tapped his fingers lightly on the microscope tube. "We must quickly conduct in-depth research on different blood types to find the virus's fatal weakness."
Dr. Wei quickly assembled a medical team and began to work together.
Several military doctors were responsible for collecting blood samples from infected people with different blood types, while Zhou Shuwan was responsible for analyzing the virus behavior in these samples.
The atmosphere in the laboratory was tense and busy. Everyone was busy working. The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant and the slight hum of instruments.
A few hours later, another researcher, surnamed Wu, about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, came in. He was the youngest researcher here.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he quickly recorded the data. He turned to Dr. Wei and said, "Dr. Wei, these viruses not only suck blood, they also release a special toxin that can paralyze the human nerves and cause the immune system to collapse."
Upon hearing this, Dr. Wei's expression became more serious. He immediately took the data from Dr. Wu and read it carefully.
He frowned and muttered softly, "No wonder the infected quickly lose consciousness and even suffer respiratory failure. This toxin is more deadly than the virus itself."
But the premise is how can we find drugs to stop this virus?
Zhou Shuwan tilted his head to think for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Have you studied the plants on the island?"
Doctor Wei was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.
The entire medical team was busy for more than half a month before they finally discovered a unique plant on the island, the extract of which could inhibit the activity of the toxin.
At this time, Zhong Tiyun and Grandma Pang's coughing symptoms had become quite severe. Fortunately, Zhou Shuwan had transferred them to the respiratory department on the warship, where there was special air filtration to reduce the intake of fog.
At the same time, Mu Mu also started coughing.
Zhou Shuwan analyzed the blood samples of the whole family and found that four people in their family, namely Grandma Pang, Qi Mingyu, Zhou Shuwan and Zhou Jianghai, had antibodies, but Zhong Tiyun and Mu Mu did not have antibodies.
But for some reason, Grandma Pang also started coughing.
Zhou Shuwan thought about it and felt that it was probably because Grandma Pang was too weak, so even though she had antibodies in her body, she was still attacked by the virus.
After Mu Mu also developed coughing symptoms, Zhou Shuwan sent him to the respiratory department.
In order to avoid gossip, she donated another box of N95 masks to the warship.
In this critical moment, the importance of a box of N95 masks is self-evident.
Therefore, the Zhou family members were given priority for treatment on the warship.
After the discovery of the special plant on the island, the toxin extracted from it showed a significant decrease in activity after coming into contact with the plant extract. However, the amount currently extracted is still very small and needs to be further increased.
But even so, it shows that this fog has been resisted.
Zhou Shuwan finally breathed a sigh of relief.