Max Brooks Zombie Survival Guide
Solanum: The Virus
Symptoms:
Hour 1: pain and discoloration (brown-purple) of the infected area. Immediate clotting of the wound (provided the infection came from a wound).
Hour 5: Fever (99-103 degrees F), chills, slight dementia, vomiting, acute pain in the joints.
Hour 8: Numbing of extremities and infected are, increased fever (103-106 degrees F), increased dementia, loss of muscular coordination.
Hour 11: Paralysis in the lower body, overall numbness, slowed heart rate.
Hour 16: Coma
Hour 20: Heart stoppage. Zero brain activity.
Hour 23: Reanimation.