Disease Manipulation

The power to manipulate diseases. Variation of Organic Manipulation. Opposite to Health Manipulation.

Also Called

Bacteria Manipulation/Bacterial Manipulation
Germ Manipulation
Illness Manipulation
Nosokinesis
Sickness Manipulation
Virokinesis

Capabilities

The user can create, manipulate, shape, transform, cause/heal, etc. all forms of diseases, including their severity, contagiousness, methods of spreading, etc. They can control the organisms that spread diseases, including germs, bacteria, virus or other pathogens on a cellular level, including bacteriophages, microorganisms (microscopic organisms), retroviruses, cells that abnormally grow to make cancerous tumors and cysts, and pathogens that produce genetic mutations.

Applications

Curing
Death Inducement - from fatal diseases.
Disease Acceleration - Alter speed at which pathogens reproduce.
Disease Detection
Disease Generation - Create a new disease, such as by mixing many illnesses together.
Disease Inducement
Disease Solidification
Disease Suppression
Disease Transferal
Infection
Infectious Attacks
Nosokinetic Constructs
Alter means by which pathogens are transferred (communicable, noncommunicable, contagious, airborne, waterborne, blood-borne, sexually-transmitted, genetic, etc)
Stop the incubation of pathogens.
Kill existing pathogens (including the worst, such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, etc).
Induce, prevent and withstand the contraction of illness.

Techniques

Cellular Disintegration – Using diseases to destroy cells.
Disease Mimicry - Mimic the traits of any sort of disease.
Genetic Disintegration – Using diseases to rend asunder life-giving inherent chains.
Hypnotic Pathogen - Create pathogens which influence other peoples minds.
Healing Factor Nullification - Manipulate infections to negate and erase regenerative properties.
Infection Empowerment - Strengthen oneself via personal affliction or through contagion spreading.
Microbial Communication - Gain a better handle of controlling and understanding various infections.
Mutation Inducement - Cause biological abnormalities to occur via virus/bacteria.
Sickness Infusion - Supplement attacks by channeling erosive bacterial aspects through it.

Variations

Associations

Limitations

Users may not be immune to their own diseases.
Users may become carriers to their own fatal illnesses, spreading it unwillingly through the community.
Healing and Curing can remove diseases.
Users of Contaminant Immunity and Disease Immunity are either immune or highly resistant.
Regenerative Healing Factor defeats this by simply recovering.
Enhanced Health/Supernatural Health may be highly resistant.

Known Users

Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)
Infectious Lass (DC Comics)
Leraje (Demonology)
The Plague Doctor (The Fear Mythos)
Pain and Panic (Hercules)
Viral (hero.com)
Pannacotta Fugo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via Purple Haze
Elena (Los Protegidos)
Bogeyman (Martin Mystery); spreads viruses
Zachary Smith Jr./Microbe (Marvel Comics)
Aoki Aka (Medaka Box); with Five Forks
Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Box); with Five Forks
Black Percher (Mondaiji tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo)
Several Monsters (Monster Hunter Series)
- Gore Magala
- Shagaru Magala
- Chaotic Gore Magala
- Apex Monsters
Imhotep (The Mummy)
The Amoeba Boys (Powerpuff Girls)
Alex Mercer (Prototype)
Elizabeth Greene (Prototype)
James Heller (Prototype 2)
Chern (Scarred Lands); The Scourge and The Last Great Sickness and Suffering
SCP-353 - "Vector" (SCP Foundation)
Sarkics (SCP Foundation)
Mchala (Son of Angels)
Pestilence (Supernatural)
Merlin (The Sword in the Stone); via Germ form
Aimaru (Toriko)
Yamame Kurodani (Touhou)
Flu (Valkyrie Crusade)
Germophile (Valkyrie Crusade)
Morbus Bloodline (Vampire: The Requiem)
Nurgle (Warhammer 40k)
Kamiya Minoru (Yu Yu Hakusho)