Solanum is 100 percent communicable and 100 percent fatal.
Fortunately for the human race, the virus is neither waterborne nor airborne. Humans have never been known to contract the virus from elements in nature. Infection can occur only through direct fluidic contact. A zombie bite, although by far the most recognizable means of transference, is by no means the only one. Humans have been infected by brushing their open wounds against those of a zombie or by being splattered by its remains after an explosion. Ingestion of infected flesh (provided the person has no open mouth sores), however, results in pemanent death rather than infection. Infected flesh has proven to be highly toxic.
This simple chart illustrates the hours immediately following Solanum infection.
Hour 1 Pain and discoloration (brown-purple) of the infected area. Imediate clotting of the wound
Hour 5 Fever (99-103 F), chills, slight dementia, vomiting and acute pain in the joints.
Hour 8 Numbing of extremedies and infected area, increased fever (103-106 F), increased dementia, loss of 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