Halloween season wouldn’t be what it is without the undead. This week on Reactions, we unpack the chemistry that may have inspired one of our favorites: the vampire.
Sources:
- Immunity of fleas
- Fleas and plague
- Plague history
- Fleas and potential for bioterrorism
- Lyme borreliosis
- Medicinal leeches
- Clinical use of leeches
- Bed bugs and pathogens
- Bed bug pheromones
- Vampire bats and rabies
- The vampire in medical perspective: myth or malady?
- Rabies and vampire lore
- Tick saliva
- Hydrophobia and rabies