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  2. Vampire - Wikipedia

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    The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive.

  3. List of vampiric creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Vampires. This list covers the many types of vampires, vampire-like legendary creatures of global folklore or people that were supposedly vampires. It does not include any vampire that originates in a work of fiction

  4. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    The green flu, commonly referred to simply as the infection, has caused most humans who come in contact with it to change into homicidal, zombie-like beings. Anyone can catch it, but there are few out there who show no symptoms of the virus. They can, however, spread it to whoever comes in contact with them.

  5. Are vampires real? Here's what the experts say - AOL

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    Get your turtlenecks ready, it's time to talk vampires. If you're fascinated by creatures of the night, the kind that prey on human blood, you aren't alone.From dressing up in vampire costumes on ...

  6. Vampires in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Shadowrun features vampires whose existence is explained by a resurgence of the Human Meta-Human Vampiric Virus. As such, the afflicted are not undead, but instead are still alive but radically changed by the retrovirus. They normally do not suffer from the supernatural limitations such as crosses, but still are vulnerable to sunlight.

  7. Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study ...

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    "Viruses can jump between different species via the same modes of transmission that apply to humans, including direct contact with infected fluids, or getting bitten by other species, amongst ...

  8. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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    In most cases, vampires are revenants of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, but can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or a living person being bitten by a vampire themselves. Belief in such legends became so rife that in some areas it caused mass hysteria and even public executions of people believed to be ...

  9. Human virome - Wikipedia

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    The diversity of human viruses is vast and continually expanding. As of now, there are 219 known species of viruses that can infect humans. This number continues to grow with three to four new species being discovered every year. The human virome is not stable and may change over time. In fact, new viruses are discovered constantly.