When one comes down to you let him pass so he can
get in the dead end,
BUT BLOCK HIS WAY OUT! With some luck all three not infected
characters are behind you and cannot be infected
(I had two behind me. On the two or three times the infected guy
comes downstairs, you can kill him easily from the distance with
your tommygunx2.
You don't even need to get new ammo
with only one (or two) infected guys.
This way lasting three minutes is a peace of cake!
This strat worked fine for me.