The Witch Doctors, by Nicky Johnson

The mania heightening with the billowing of smoke as he slipped from the mob. A shudder of horror and relief briefly possessed his body. The recent clandestine visits had remained buried and now escaped with the arbitrary fog. He wandered through the woods heavy laden, for evasion from the sickness was hopeless--within months he would perish. There was nowhere to turn. The men had no answers. They burned the final woman in the village with the medical knowledge to heal him