TREATMENT

Once a human is infected, little can be done to save him or her. Because

Solanum is a virus and not a bacteria, antibiotics have no effect.

Immunization, the only way to combat a virus, is equally useless,

 as even the most minute dosage will lead to a full-blown infection. Genetic

research is under way. Goals range from stronger human antibodies to

resistant cell structure to a counter-virus designed to identify and destroy

Solanum. This and other, more radical treatments are still in the earliest

stages, with no foreseeable success in the near future. Battlefield experiences

have led to the immediate severing of the infected limb (provided

this is the location of the bite), but such treatments are dubious at best,

with less than a 10 percent success rate. Chances are, the infected human

was doomed from the moment the virus entered his or her system.

Should the infected human choose suicide, he should remember that the

brain must be eliminated first. Cases have been recorded in which

recently infected subjects, deceased by means other than the virus, will

nonetheless reanimate. Such cases usually occur when the subject

expires after the fifth hour of infection. Regardless, any person killed

after being bitten or otherwise infected by the undead should be immediately

disposed of.