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Description of the “Rage Infection”
Characteristics:
After the virus enters the characters bloodstream, the virus would be usually very quick to manifest itself in the fictional victim's behavior (see below), from the films it is shown that only 10 to 20 seconds is required for the virus symptoms to become noticeable though infection time is possibly determined by the amount of infected blood that has gotten into the bloodstream and the overall mass of the person in question. As the Human changes to Rage Victim he twitches madly in an almost Spasm Manner, this is a sad time for the human in hand as he cannot control the state he will live in or die as after the rage virus takes over his being. The fictional virus can also pass through bodily fluids and has an almost 100% communicability rate, though it may be noted that some characters posses a hereditary immunity, allowing them to become infected with the virus without exhibiting any of its usual symptoms (save the bloodshot eyes). These characters remain carriers of the infection, and can transmit it through saliva and blood transmission. Danny Boyle has stated that, primates are the only animals that can carry the virus.
Symptoms of Infected Characters:
The Rage virus does not directly cause the death of its host, but because the host is solely focused on infecting or killing the non-Infected, it causes those infected to become disinterested in self-nourishment which will eventually cause death by starvation. Since the virus causes those infected to act with no regard for self-preservation, they will not act to evade mortal danger, such as fire or chemical gas.
The Infected experience spasms in the extremities, and their irises become blood red. They also vomit copious amounts of infected blood.
It has also been shown that the Infected use their sense of smell to find the uninfected and that trace amounts of products such as perfume or soap will attract them to the source.
The Infected:
The Infected are distinct from cinematic zombies; they are not the revived dead. Also, films such as the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead, and Resident Evil series portray zombies as creatures that desire to consume living flesh. By contrast, while the Infected will attempt to bite their victims, it is usually as a means either of killing them (often by severing the main arteries in their neck) or spreading the virus. They are not shown to ingest any organic material, apparently due to their disregard for nourishment. Another key difference is that the Rage-infected victims are still living human beings and as such can be killed using conventional weapons that inflict fatal injuries
The Infected still have the same level of mobility as they did before becoming infected. Both films have also demonstrated that they do possess a rudimentary sense of spatial awareness. In 28 Weeks Later, the character Don is also shown to be able to manipulate such simplistic objects as blunt-force weapons.
Additionally, the adrenal gland of an infected person continually pumps adrenaline in to their system, allowing them to display extraordinary feats of strength, agility, and endurance and also to ignore wounds such as explosive amputation of limbs and immolation.
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