Template:Disease/doc

This template is for use in any article about a disease, whether natural or supernatural.

All parameters except name are optional; if left undefined, they will not appear. This template will cause the page to be placed in Category:Diseases unless it is suppressed (see below).

Usage
An example is shown to the right.


 * image       : Optional. Simply include the image filename, e.g.,.
 * caption     : Optional. A description of the image. It will automatically be italicized.
 * name        : Required. The name of the disease.
 * other names : Optional. Alternative name(s) for the disease.
 * type        : Optional. Acceptable types are:
 * Supernatural
 * Natural
 * The disease will automatically be assigned to an appropriate disease category unless this is suppressed using nocat. (See below.)


 * symptoms    : Optional. What are the symptoms of this disease? Please, separate multiple symptoms with a line break.
 * transmission : Optional. What is the method of transmission/delivery for this disease. Acceptable methods of transmission may include:
 * Ingested
 * Inhaled
 * Injury
 * Contact
 * Etc.
 * carriers    : Optional. Are there any specific creatures or objects known to carry the disease? For example, blinding sickness is carried in tainted water and devil chills are carried by barbazu and pit fiends.
 * incubation  : Optional. How long does it take before symptoms occur? Usually this is a number of days.
 * cures       : Optional. Are there known cures? Are there any magical spells (other than remove disease necessary to cure the illness?


 * origin      : Optional. The creator of the disease or the place where it first originated, if known.
 * outbreak    : Optional. Locations and/or years where/when major outbreaks occurred. Please, separate multiple outbreaks with a line break.
 * eradication : Optional. The location and/or year where/when the disease was eradicated and/or by whom.
 * histrefs    : Optional. This parameter is for putting   tags in the heading of a History section so that they don't clutter up the infobox.


 * nocat       : Optional. Not shown above. Setting this to true will suppress the automatic generation of categories. Typically only used on documentations pages like this one.