Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Patient Zero -- Inviting the Wrong One In -- The Body of the Vampire -- References -- 2 Bodies -- The Immortal Body -- The Physical Body -- Past and Future Bodies -- References -- 3 Skin -- Alien Skin -- Voracious Skin -- Medicalized Skin -- References -- 4 Blood -- Blood Is (Re)Life -- Living Blood -- Blood of Life -- References -- 5 Breath -- Something in the Air -- Contagious Thoughts -- Under the Shadow -- Contagious Signals -- Contagious Endings/Beginnings -- References -- Primary Texts Cited -- Index.