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* In Patrick O'Brian's book ''[[Aubrey-Maturin|Master and Commander]]'', Dr. Maturin stops the Spanish from boarding them by expressing relief that they've shown up, now do they have a doctor aboard who understands the plague...?
* In Emmuska Orczy's ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'', the title character claims "her" grandson has smallpox to keep the Revolutionaries at a distance.
* In ''[[
** In an earlier variation, Ginny patrols the corridor outside Umbridge's office in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', warning passersby about "Garrotting Gas." {{spoiler|Too bad it doesn't work.}}
* In the third ''[[Slayers]]'' novel, Lina and Gourry are captured by bounty hunters. When the guards start getting lecherous, Gourry very sternly warns them not to lay a finger on Lina, or ''they'll catch what she's got''. The guards immediately back off, but Lina is ''not'' happy.
* Played with in ''[[X Wing Series|Wraith Squadron.]]'' Our heroes are undercover in an enemy ship, having taken it over. They are scheduled to get a face-to-face meeting with some of the enemy. The disease ploy comes up, but it'll look suspicious. They decide to turn the trick on its ear, and so they manage to get at one of the enemy's shuttles and release some [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bunkurd_Sewer_Disorder Bunkurd Sewer Disorder] into it, so that when the shuttle returns and docks with the ship, everyone will catch it. It's not lethal, but it ''is'' highly unpleasant. This works - the Wraiths are good at [[Crazy Awesome]].
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130818030138/http://www.bash.org/?777977 This] bash.org quote
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