would a zombie apocalypse be possible through a virus breakout ?

Question: would a zombie apocalypse be possible through a virus breakout ?
- Keywords:
  disease,
  end of the world
Asked by jamesallison to Becky on 19 Jun 2013.
- Rebecca Cook answered on 19 Jun 2013:
  
  Maybe..will depend on how my experiment turns out next week. (That was a joke.)
  
  Seriously, I think its very unlikely because the dead coming back to life because of a virus isn’t really possible. There is a very very very small chance a virus could alter the actions of a human (look up zombie ants) resulting in a zombie like state but I’m sure it would be contained unlike in zombie films!

Question: would a zombie apocalypse be possible through a virus breakout ?