zombie virus
Reanimation plague pathogen
A zombie virus is a hypothetical pathogen that would turn infected humans into zombie-like creatures—mindless, aggressive, and driven to spread the contagion.
The concept appears in fiction and occasionally in public health thought experiments: The CDC published a zombie virus preparedness guide as an educational tool.
In casual use, zombie virus may describe any pathogen that alters host behavior, like the real fungi that hijack ant brains.
- viral outbreakRapid disease spread
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- ground zeroExplosion's central impact point
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- Zombiesundead, walkers, walker, shamblers, shambler
- medical fictionmedical drama, medical mystery, diagnosis, symptoms, cure
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Restorative source of youthfulness
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