Zombies

Zombies are the primary and/or secondary and/or tertiary (etc.) antagonists of the Brothers in Arms series. They are undead humans, infected by some as of yet unknown infection which causes a dead corpse to move, eat, and detect humans and other creatures. In the story they are also reffered to as Rotters, the dead, Lurkers, and Ghouls.

They are known to be the cause for the zombie apocalypse.

They are considered dead/undead, and thus cannot be stopped in the same way a human would. For the information as to how they are disposed of, scroll down to section Dispatching of a Zombie.

Transmission of Zombiism
The infection of Zombiism has of yet only been seen through bites. So far, humans are the only species that seems to be able to be infected. This ability to transmit the infection is proven to be quite potent, as the zombie infection seems to have wiped out the majority of people in North America (the fate of the rest of the world is yet to be discovered, but it can be assumed at this point, due to the lack of help from countries, that zombies have overrun most countries.)

Dispatching of a Zombie
As far as the Brothers in Arms series says, the only way to properly dispatch of a zombie is to destroy the brain.

History
In the Brothers in Arms series, zombiism appears to have only been realized directly before the apocalypse. Zombies seem to have been the cause for said apocalypse.

Gallery
See Zombies Gallery