he end of the 21st century is nearing; despite phenomenal gains in technology, humanity is still plagued by infectious diseases. In fact things are much worse than ever before. Many new strains of infection and disease begin to appear in the late 20th century that were highly resistant to conventional medicine. These infections manifested themselves as normal symptoms of common ailments but they quickly multiplied and changed. A common cold or a simple scratch could become life threatening in a matter of hours...