Aging and longevity.

Aging and longevity.

An excerpt from the book "Vampires.".
Officially, vampires never die of natural causes, the vampires are aging, not just in the same way as humans. Vampires do not age at the molecular / genetic level, but on their way of life. Because of hunting they have a great wear in the form of bone and tissue injury. Vampires are dangerous to society, most vampires were destroyed long before the outward signs of aging and the determination of the outer limits of their life.

Many facts can be emphasized from the ancient sources, for example, in ancient China, was one vampire, presented the imperial court eastern Zhou dynasty, at the age of 550 years. There are also more accurate modern records that confirm that vampires can live for over 200 years. The photo shows the 125 year old vampire, who was photographed in Spain in 1901. Note the curved spine and the absence of hair.

Contrary to the opinion of many scholars, longevity of vampires is not a result of the pact with the devil, but rather depends on the vampire from his damaged DNA, which occurs during cell division, the conversion of a normal human into a vampire. In particular, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes. Their DNA may have the ability to resist aging, but the appearance will change dramatically over time. For example, the fat reserves the vampire shrink several times and his skin becomes thinner and more transparent. In the first place and affects its appearance, which dries up eventually becoming like dried. Also, the vampire becomes more pronounced curvature of the spine, and some of them lose all their hair for 10 years of transformation.

Despite its weak form and decrepitude, old vampires are very strong, agile, fast, have unusually great intelligence, easily mastered the art of seduction and can easily monitor and control the mortals, are committed to self-discipline and easily heal the wounds on his body. Many vampire hunters underestimate their abilities and made a fatal mistake, which led them to gibili.

Treatise on vampires.

In 1616, the Italian scientist Louis Fatinelli (Ludovico Fatinelli) published his "Treatise on Vampires" in which he suggested that vampirism was caused by microscopic pathogens. For this, he was burned at the stake for heresy. Fortunately, science does not stand still and move forward. The information presented below is the result of countless works of scientists and doctors.

Virus.
Source vampirism is a virus Human Vampiric Virus (HVV). He's like rabies, belongs to a group - Mononegavirales, which affects the negative RNA genes. Viruses of this group have different shapes. For example, in the nature of the source of the virus is the flea, which is often found in caves, especially where live bats. After being bitten by fleas that bats become a distributor of the virus through the bite and infect animals and humans. In theory, virus infection Human Vampiric Virus, can be transmitted through any exchange of bodily fluids. Although nearly every case, transmission to humans occurs through the bite.

Stage of disease.
Step One: Infection. A few hours after the bite, the person develops a headache, fever, chills and other flu-like symptoms, as the body tries to fight off the infection. These symptoms can be easily confused with more common viral infections, although the presence of a bite - a sign of the body is usually enough to confirm the diagnosis. This stage usually lasts from six to twelve hours. On the micrograph shows the virus and infected cells.

Stage Two: Coma. After 24 hours of being bitten man slowly goes into a coma. During this stage, the pulse slows, breathing is shallow and the pupils dilated. Because of this, a lot of people mistakenly buried alive, and that gave rise to the myth that vampires sleep in coffins. In theory it is assumed that all those who have been infected with Human Vampiric Virus turns into a vampire, but in reality only a small percentage of people could survive a coma. As a rule, the young, the old and the weak never come out of a coma and eventually died. The vast majority of people who survived after the coma were men aged 18 to 35. Pictured - 1800 France, infected women received a blood transfusion, in vain, desperate measure to prevent the disease.

Step Three: Transformation. If a person survives after the coma or during the drinks of the blood of another vampire, he completely transformed himself. During this period, a person's head in confusion, which is characterized by sadness and paranoia. Most vampires begin to hunt within 24 hours from the moment of transformation. The figure shows the mass burial of victims infected vampires.

A vaccine for the virus.
In the course of infection, vaccine efficacy leaves 100 percent. With the introduction of the vaccine in the second stage efficiency of 50 percent, and the longer the victim was in a coma, the less effective the vaccine. The vaccine is not used at the beginning of the third stage.