RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rabies
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 856
OP 859
DO 10.1212/WNL.51.3.856
VO 51
IS 3
A1 Gomez-Alonso, Juan
YR 1998
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/51/3/856.abstract
AB In the 18th century, belief in vampires-allegedly dead persons who left their graves and killed people and animals-raised great concern in the Balkans and an extensive debate in Europe. This historic phenomenon still awaits a comprehensive explanation. This article proposes that rabies may have played a key role in the development of the vampire legend, given the coincident time of the phenomena and the striking similarities between them.