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* Not a complete immune, but in 28WeeksLater the boy did not turn into a zombie despite being bitten due to his blood. But he carries the virus in his blood.

* Not a complete immune, but in {{28 Weeks Later}} the boy did not turn into a zombie despite being bitten due to his blood. But he carries the virus in his blood.

* Yorick and Ampersand, the only males to survive the {{Gendercide}} in ''YTheLastMan''.

* The protagonist of ''IAmLegend'' is immune to the disease. [[Spoiler: He finds out he was part of an extremely small percent of humanity that was naturally immune.]]

In a setting where humanity is being wiped out by ThePlague, there will sometimes be one person who is mysteriously immune to the disease. This could be due to some inborn genetic resistance to the disease, or it could be that they are unknowingly exposing themself to the cure in the course of their daily life (particularly if the disease has an ImprobableAntidote). On occasion, especially in works that are short or CutShort, there is no explanation.

* The protagonist of "I Am Legend" is immune to zombie disease due to his blood.
* Not a complete immune, but in 28 Weeks Later the boy did not turn into a zombie despite being bitten due to his blood. But he carries the virus in his blood.
* In ''Skinwalkers'' the key to curing lycanthropy are the anitgens in a half-werewolf, half-human boy's blood.

* In the televsion version of the ''{{Series/X-Men}}'' "Legacy Virus" storyline, Cable came back in time to ensure that Wolverine would be infected with the titular virus, because his healing factor would both render him immune and lead to the development of a cure.

** Some of the graffiti in the second game and radio chatter near the Bridge Finale suggests [[spoiler:the survivors are carriers of the Infection. [[http://www.l4d.com/comic/ A suplementary comic]] explicitly states it.]]

* Samus in {{Metroid}} Fusion becomes immune to te X parasite in the opening. She got infected and some scientists try an experimental cure: cells from the (now dead) baby metroid. It works, and she gets sent to exterminate the X in the BSL station.

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* Tsugumi of ''{{Ever17}}'', whose blood provides the cure for Tief Blau.

** Graffiti in the second game, as well as radio chatter near the Bridge Finale, suggests that [[spoiler: some or all immunes may be carriers, which means they're incubating and silently passing the Infection on to any non-immunes they encounter. Of course, they are also coated in Infected blood, spit, puke, etc. most of the time, which is probably not good, but at least fluids can be washed off.]]

* José Saramago's ''Blindness'' follows the one woman immune to the plague of blindness.

* In AllStarSuperman, [[TheLeisureSuitLarry Steve Lombard]] was immune to being turned into a Bizarro. He smugly asks Supes to scan him with his XRayVision and create the antidote, but Superman answers, embarrassed, "I don't think I can recommend your [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean performance enhancers]] to the rest of the population".

* Marco and Zeus are immune to the Medusa Plague in ''KingOfThorn'' because [[spoiler:they are too confident in themselves for it to find a crack in their psyches to infect.]]
* This is part of the premise of the short-lived manga, DoubleArts, in which the world has been decimated by a mysterious plague (a plague with no permanent cure). While there is a small percentage of [[AlwaysFemale young women]] who possess a tolerance to the disease, it is only the protagonist, a young man named Kiri Luchile, who is truly immune to its effects [[spoiler: and even has the capability to nullify the disease when it reaches its final stage; by physically touching the infected person, Kiri can effectively halt the progression of the plague and stave off the infected person's death, but ''only'' so long as he holds on to them. This is a major plot point.]]

* This is part of the premise of the short-lived manga, DoubleArts. In which the world has been decimated by a mysterious plague (a plague with no permanent cure), and while there is a small percentage of [[AlwaysFemale young women]] who possess a tolerance to the disease, it is only the protagonist, a young man named Kiri Luchile, who is truly immune to its effects [[spoiler: and even has the capability to nullify the disease when it reaches its final stage; by physically touching the infected person, Kiri can effectively halt the progression of the plague and stave off the infected person's death, but ''only'' so long as he holds on to them. This is a major plot point.]]

* Indigenous (sp?) populations in areas where malaria is a concern are often prone to sickle-cell anemia, a genetic disorder characterized by malformed blood cells, which hinders the development of the virus responsible for malaria. However, due to modern medicine, malaria is treatable and a lesser concern.

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** Graffiti in the second game also suggests that some immunes may be carriers.

* Also a plot point in Maximum Clonage arc of ''SpiderMan'', where one person survived the test run of the Jackal's virus

If this character isn't affected by TheVirus but is still perfectly capable of spreading it to others, they may also play the role of TyphoidMary or PoisonousPerson.