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If you want to nitpick, then 'no', in the world of horror technically they are not zombies because they never really died. (Although the zombies in Serpent and the Rainbow never died either and they are probably as close to real life zombies as you can get.)
I consider 28 Days Later a zombie movie, but I am not a nitpicker. If you watch it, it clearly has the feel of many classic zombie flicks. So what if they became ravenous flesh eaters in a slightly different manner? It doesn't change the feel of the movie. All it does (IMO) is add a slightly different twist to the zombie genre. I happen to like when people get creative and think of new ideas instead of copycatting what has already been done.
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