The power to be enhanced by viral infection. Technique of Disease Manipulation.
Also Called
- Disease Affinity/Empowerment
- Viral Affinity/Infection/Empowerment
- Virus Affinity/Empowerment
Capabilities
The user's powers are all derived from being infected by viruses and/or diseases.
Associations
- Artificially Enhanced Physiology
- Computer Virus Physiology
- Contaminant Immunity
- Conversion Pathogen
- Disease Generation
- Disease Manipulation
- Disease Mimicry
- Genetic Mutation
- Infected Arm
- Infection
- Infestation
- Parasite Empowerment
- Vampire Physiology
Known Users
Cartoon/Comics
- Devastator (DC Comics); via Doomsday Virus
- Miguel Devante/Vulcan (DC Comics)
- OMACs (DC Comics)
- Cable (Marvel Comics)
- Richard Palance/Pandemic (Marvel Comics)
Manga/Anime
- Hayato Kisaragi (Hundred)
- Utsutsu Hasegawa (Pupa)
- Yume Hasegawa (Pupa)
- Hercules Virus users (Punch Line)
Live Television/Movies
- Aldrich Killian (Iron Man 3)
- Ellen Brandt (Iron Man 3)
- Eric Savin (Iron Man 3)
- Extremis Soldiers (Iron Man 3)
- Virginia "Pepper" Potts (Iron Man 3)
- Captain Jane Elizabeth Browning/Painkiller Jane (Painkiller Jane 2005 movie)
- Nathaniel Barnes ("Gotham")
- James Gordon ("Gotham"); Formerly
- Alice (Resident Evil Movie Series)
- Agent Smith (The Matrix)
- The Borg (Star Trek)
- Elena (Los Protegidos)
Video Games
- Zero (Mega Man series)
- Phazon-based life forms (Metroid)
- Deoxys (Pokémon)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype Series)
- Elizabeth Greene (Prototype Series)
- James Heller (Prototype Series)
- Pariah (Prototype Series)
- The Evolved (Prototype Series)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil Series)
- Bio-Organic Weapons (Resident Evil Series)
- Alexia Ashford (Resident Evil Series)
- Morpheus D. Duvall (Resident Evil Series)
- Tsugumi Komachi (Ever17)
- Nathan Hale (Resistance)
- Hayden Tenno (Dark Sector)
- Nadia Sedeck/Nemesis (Dark Sector)
- Nidus (Warframe)
Other
- Vampires (various)
- Zombies (various)
- Werewolves (various)
Gallery
Hayden Tenno (Dark Sector) has been enhanced by the Technocyte Virus.
After exposing himself to the Doomsday virus, the Devastator (DC Comics) acquired the strength necessary to defeat his world's corrupt Superman.
Since he was a baby and child, Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics) has been afflicted by Apocalypse's techno-organic virus.
The Phalanx (Marvel Comics) are all created after being infected by the Technarchy's transmode virus.
Zero (Mega Man series) being empowered by the Maverick Virus.
In its original form, Deoxys (Pokemon) was simply an alien virus.
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Elena (Los Protegidos)
James Heller (Prototype 2)
Alex Mercer (Prototype) has been greatly empowered as the Blacklight virus.
Iridatsu, a carrier of the Hercules Virus (Punch Line) powering up.
The prototype virus that Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) injected himself with did not activate until after he let himself be killed by the Tyrant.
Sherry Birkin (Resident Evil) possesses enhanced healing as a result of being infected by the Golgotha/G-Virus.
Like all other vampires, Selene (Underworld) was transformed into one by a virus.
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