Volvox is a deadly pathogen of humans and related primates. The Volvox life cycle involves entering a primate through a mucus membrane, from whence it enters the blood stream, eventually making its way to the heart, brain, liver, or kidneys.
Once lodged in an organ, Volvox begins converting mammalian tissue into juvenile Volvoxes through a process called autocolony formation. The affected organ is slowly and agonizingly devoured from within. Known symptoms include vomiting, neurosis, kurtosis, sclerosis, gnosis, death and voting Republican.