The Infected (The Last of Us)

"They might still look like people, but that person is not in there anymore."

- Ellie to Sam regarding the Infected.

The Infected are antagonistic species in The Last of Us series. They are humans which were infected and mutated into hideous creatures by the Cordyceps Brain Infection. They are extrememly ferals and would attack anyone that are not infected.

Overview
By the late September of 2013, Austin, Texas, Cordyceps Brain Infection began infecting some people, turning them into the infected. Between 2013 and 2033, the mutation grew to the bloaters. The more it grows, the more they are powerful.

Death and corpse
Even though infected are dead, the fungus will continue to grow into big fungal plants around the body that would create a gas which would infect anyone else, except immune people (including Ellie).