Research Center In OK Says Zombie Myth Has Scientific Roots
"There are historically some types of medical problems that are sort of like zombie-ism," he said.
Certain medications, illicit drugs and viruses like encephalitis, meningitis and even rabies can mimic zombie like behaviors.
"People who get rabies because they get inflammation in their brain, they don't think properly and they can be a little crazed, rabid if you will, for brief time in their illness," said Dr. Prescott.
In fact, in West Africa, a disease known as Trypanosomiasis or "sleeping sickness" carries some pretty scary traits of a zombie infection.
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