Leech

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Leech
date of creation:	1978
Created via:	Progenitor virus or t-viral infection
based:	Leech
height:	20cm
purpose:	experimental

Leech refers to both ordinary leeches, which were injected with the Progenitor virus, to create the t-virus from their DNA, and mutated leeches infected with the t-virus during the Raccoon City Outbreak.

[edit] Progenitor Leeches

Marcus's 1978 test leeches 'evolved' unlike later experiments.

[edit] Infection caused by Leech

The Ecliptic Express was attacked by several hundred Leeches. At least 3 to a person. By calculation, infected leeches cause infection quicker than the normal Zombie Bite.

It takes minutes for a Human infected by a Leech to become a Zombie. However, if a queen infects a host, 'she' enters inside the hosts body. The host will eventually be able to transform into a 'leech-like' form, however the time for a queen to fully integrate into a body took Marcus nearly 10 years.

[edit] T-virus Leeches

During the outbreak that claimed Raccoon City, the doctors of the Raccoon General Hospital observed that the leeches of the sewer systems had been infected with the t-virus. These leeches also displayed some hive-mind characteristics similar to Marcus' leeches, but rather than bonding together to create leech zombies, they would swarm a host and imbue it with such abilities. This Leech Man was somewhat intelligent, crawling through ventilation ducts to surprise its prey. It could be brought down by intense heat, though the leeches would not fall for the same trick twice.

These Leeches, like Marcus' Leeches, served a "Queen Leech." This Queen, reacted differently to the t-virus and its size increased, making it 3-5 metres long. It was eventually killed by a group of survivors on their way out of the Raccoon General Hospital via a sewer exit.