The HIV strain that sean gave to Audrey Graves is so virulent that none of the new tri-therapy drugs work on it. They decide, then, to try a combination with any type of drugs that exist with the help of all the labs that accept the offer. Audrey Graves's baby is HIV positive and they hope to eradicate the virus with a new combination. Carlos is still searching for Patient Zero in Africa. In the mean time, NORBAC also looks at the devastating effects of pryon disease on humans via the consumption of infected chicken.

While in New York, David has his bag stolen. Chasing the kid who stole it, he finds himself in some subway tunnels where he discovers a young girl who is very sick.

Carlos and David helped by a Cuban scientist called Eva Ramone look into a claim than an exiled Cuban is a victim of bio-terrorism. Bob being persuaded that Caroline's nephew, Glenn, is improving calls Simon Jessup to help him out.

David and Carlos are still investigating the poison that is affecting Charringa's lemon crops in Florida, before the United States decide to bomb Cuba. Jill, on the other hand, asks Mayko to contact all the other labs using the same stem cells from Korea to let them know a retrovirus is in that strain. Bob offers to verify all the steps one more time with her and see if her findings are correct. Simon Jessup finding that Glenn responds to all the stimuli suggests that he undergoes brain surgery.

It seems that the retrovirus that Jill discovered in the Korean stem cells is responsible for the illness affecting the national guards, thus showing the retrovirus was reactivated. Meanwhile, kids are all coming down with a mysterious and deadly disease that Norbac has to stop.