Undead Microbes

Undead Microbes has two connotations: Microbes spread by the Undead and Microbes that themselves are undead. The first is obvious but the second---that is far more interesting.
==Microbes That are Undead==
It's not that much a leap from a person or animal being undead to microbes being undead. The implications of such a thing happening would terrify anyone at TL5+ as since the microbes are already dead odds are none of the normal methods for dealing with them will work...including the body's own immune system. Antibiotics, sterilization, and even immunization may be totally unless against such microbes. Magic may be the only alternative.
==Viruses==
Most scientists don't consider viruses as being alive which would make them "technically" the only real world example of the undead. Ironically, since a virus must take over a cell to do its thing it doesn't have the same issues an undead microbe does.
==References==
*Classic: Undead pg 92
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