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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. 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.

  4. 30 Days of Night - Wikipedia

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    When the council decided to make themselves known to the human race, humanity rebelled and persecuted most of their race. After a millennium, only a handful survived, led by Vicente. In the series, vampirism is portrayed as a virus, one that can be spread through scratches, bites, and contact with vampire blood. The disease turns humans who ...

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

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    There are energy vampires as well, like Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), the emotionally-draining bore from "What We Do in the Shadows." To better understand, you’ll need a few facts, including ...

  6. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    They are sensitive to blood. Those infected are similar to vampires. Lamanla virus Wolf Warrior 2 "Symptoms include the sudden onset fever, hallucinations, lesions, cold sweats. It is a fatal virus that's transmitted through direct human contact. Upon contraction, death strikes between four hours and five months." Lampington's disease Last Holiday

  7. 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

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

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    An analysis of all the publicly available viral genome sequences yielded a surprising result: humans give more viruses - about twice as many - to animals than they give to us. Of those, 79% ...

  9. Hollows (series) - Wikipedia

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    Living vampires are normal humans infected with the vampire virus. They are divided into two groups: high- and low-blood. Low-blood vampires are normal humans that have been infected by the bite of an undead vampire, and have only a small amount of the benefits the virus grants, such as increased strength and speed, as well as the craving for ...