I'm not worried as much as one of them contracting it... we can't take that ship with us unless we've purged it of the parasite and we do so to provide information to their people, or with some of the crew saved and on board. We can't just... claim shipwreck rights!

[He takes a breath to stop himself getting more worked up and starts looking through her samples, smiling and actually kissing the tricorder.]

Familiar medical technology, I've missed you so much.

As I was saying, cordyceps on Earth control the minds of insects and arachnids, or rather, control the neural system to force them to an advantageous point before the fungal bloom manifests, to maximise spore dispersal. We should witness some kind of similar behaviour in these, or possibly be able to find an infection source from a body which has already bloomed...

If it's already controlling their actions, it's thoroughly integrated into the neural system. Any fungicide treatment is going to need to be delivered fairly directly. Hypospray, whatever similar delivery system they have, I can't seem anything inhaled working, not fast enough to be effective...

[He's used to talking to himself. His medical team is fairly limited most of the time.]