Resistances

Resistances are a group of disease traits which when applied increase the infectivity of the pathogen. Climatic resistances increase infectivity in regions of the respective climates, whilst medical resistances can be added opportunistically in order to slow down cure research. (*) These resistances require the purchase of the previous resistance to become available It costs a total of 82 DNA points to buy all 5 climatic resistances and 103 to buy all 6 medical resistances

Whilst the Drug Resistance trait can slow cure research, it may also be applied before research starts. That way the pathogen is more infective in rich regions - as characterised by a sudden rise in the number of infected in a rich country.