Erevna: CBRN Division Dead-Zone Research Logs Case no. 0012: Creutzfeldt-Necrophorum - “FUNCTIONAL NECROSIS” (Common name) Affected Species: H​o​m​o-sapiens It is apparent the disease has never been capable of infecting non-humans. This may implicate the creation of a bioweapon, several countries are currently under investigation. Disease remains dormant for approximately one minute and fifteen seconds post-infection. Initial symptoms -

• Cephalgia
  
• Moderate Hypothermia
  
• Violent outbursts that worsen with time
  
• Excessive perspiration
  
• Advanced Tachycardia

“Stage 2” symptoms -

• Excessive and constant epinephrine release
  
• Severe agitation
  
• Consistent violence
  
• Pallor
  
• Necrosis begins to set in, Giving the appearance of a “Zombie”
  
• Decreased activity in frontal and temporal lobes.
  
• Increased activity in amygdala and hypothalamus.
  
• Advanced photophobia
  
• Adaptation to low-light environments.
  
• After approximately 3 minutes, Patient falls unconscious.

Note: We’re scientists, not apocalypse preppers. Zombies? Seriously? This is a pandemic, not a movie. I need to have a serious talk with the intern who wrote this.
-Research Director Hubert Q. Ethics “Stage 3” Symptoms -

• Extended muscle strain results in hindered ability to move effectively.
  
• Frontal lobe activity is almost completely nullified. Patient’s sense of “morality” and self-control is gone.
  
• At this point, the patient is declared beyond saving.

The prion enters the body via open wounds, and has difficulty reaching full viral load if the patient’s immune system is not already severely compromised.