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===Definition===
Ghost sickness is spread by a specific class of spirit known as the [[Buru Buru]]. First the victim must have physical contact with the ghost's body or the body of another victim of ghost sickness. However, not everyone is susceptible to the virus. The only people who can contract it are those that share a specific personality that matches the original killer of the [[Buru Buru]]. In this case, the killers of [[Luther Garland]] used fear as a weapon.
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Ghost sickness is spread by a specific class of spirit known as the [[Buruburu]]. First the victim must have physical contact with the ghost's body or the body of another victim of ghost sickness. However, not everyone is susceptible to the virus. The only people who can contract it are those that share a specific personality that matches the original killer of the [[Buruburu]]. In this case, the killers of [[Luther Garland]] used fear as a weapon.
  
 
=== Symptoms===
 
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===The Cure===
 
===The Cure===
The cure for ghost sickness is to destroy the ghost who began spreading the virus. However as [[Luther Garland]]'s body had been spread across the road, precluding the routine salt and burn, Bobby suggests the [[Buru Buru]] can be "scared to death" by recreating its original death.  
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The cure for ghost sickness is to destroy the ghost who began spreading the virus. However as [[Luther Garland]]'s body had been spread across the road, precluding the routine salt and burn, Bobby suggests the [[Buruburu]] can be "scared to death" by recreating its original death.  
  
 
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Revision as of 14:12, 1 June 2010

In 4.06 Yellow Fever, Sam and Dean are investigating a series of deaths, when Dean starts to act strangely. They call to Bobby, who diagnoses the problem as ghost sickness.

Definition

Ghost sickness is spread by a specific class of spirit known as the Buruburu. First the victim must have physical contact with the ghost's body or the body of another victim of ghost sickness. However, not everyone is susceptible to the virus. The only people who can contract it are those that share a specific personality that matches the original killer of the Buruburu. In this case, the killers of Luther Garland used fear as a weapon.

Symptoms

Ghost sickness first appears as nightmares and subtle signs of irrational fear. The fear gets greater and greater as the illness progresses. Soon after the initial symptoms, wounds mirroring those the originating ghost received while alive appear on the victim without an apparent cause. As the ghost sickness progresses further the victim feels queasiness that degenerates into vomit. Toward the ending stages the vomiting degenerates further into vomiting blood. At the final climax of the illness the victim will experience intense terror that will cause a fatal heart attack.

The Cure

The cure for ghost sickness is to destroy the ghost who began spreading the virus. However as Luther Garland's body had been spread across the road, precluding the routine salt and burn, Bobby suggests the Buruburu can be "scared to death" by recreating its original death.