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Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link. Center for Preparedness and Response. Section Navigation. If the genetic code of the rabies virus experienced enough changes, or mutations, its incubation time could be reduced dramatically, scientists say. Many viruses have naturally high mutation rates and constantly change as a means of evading or bypassing the defenses of their hosts. There are various ways viral mutations can occur, for example through copying mistakes during gene replication or damage from ultraviolet light.
That's entirely plausible," Andreansky said. But for the rabies virus to trigger a zombie pandemic like in the movies, it would also have to be much more contagious. Humans typically catch rabies after being bitten by an infected animal, usually a dog—and the infection usually stops there.
Thanks to pet vaccinations, people rarely contract rabies in the United States today, and even fewer people die from the disease. For example, in only two cases of human rabies infection were reported to the U. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. See pictures of infectious animals in National Geographic magazine. A faster mode of transmission would be through the air, which is how the influenza virus spreads.
The international nonprofit is devoted to "raising the level of zombie scholarship in the Arts and Sciences," according to their website. To be transmitted by air, rabies would have to "borrow" traits from another virus, such as influenza. Different forms, or strains, of the same virus can swap pieces of genetic code through processes called reassortment or recombination, said Elankumaran Subbiah , a virologist at Virginia Tech who was not involved in the documentary.
Likewise, it's scientifically unheard of for two radically different viruses such as rabies and influenza to borrow traits, he said. They cannot share genetic information. Viruses assemble only parts that belong to them, and they don't mix and match from different families. Take a quiz on infectious diseases.
It's theoretically possible—though extremely difficult—to create a hybrid rabies-influenza virus using modern genetic-engineering techniques, the University of Miami's Andreansky said. Combine all these things, and you'll [get] something like a zombie virus," she said. You'd most likely get a dead virus.
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