I wrote as part of a post:
This can give us a clue on how to deal with zombies. If the virus functions in a manner similar to bees or ants, then it would have a queen zombie virus cell that directs the actions of the virus as a whole. If you destroy the queen virus cell and prevent the creation of a new one, then the zombie will collapse since the individual zombie virus cells can do little without direction.
To which NickSpalding wrote:
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Originally Posted by NickSpalding
Nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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That seems to be a bit of overkill. Others in the thread have advanced many theories on how to deal with zombies that fall short of the use of nuclear weapons.
Among those mentioned are: head shots, high barriers, altering the virus so that the zombies attack each other, and altering the zombie metabolism so that they burn themselves out.
Of the above, I think the tactic that would be most effective against zombies would be to turn the virus against itself. A part of the zombie virus hive (ZHV) theory is that the virus forms a cluster of cells within the victim's brain that functions as the zombie intelligence center (ZIC).
A key tactic would be to cause the ZIC to see other ZICs as the enemy. One way to do this would be to activate a terrirorial response within the zombie which would cause them to seek out and destroy any rivals. If this can be done, then you'd be dealing with one zombie instead of a horde.