[split] Vampires and Vampirism

['thul]

first one that comes to mind isn't a book, but a TV show. Sanctuary. There the species is called "Sanguine vampiris".
Could not track down books right now, but it appears to be a trait more common in the Science fiction direction of vampirism than in the fantasy direction, which makes sense, since in that first direction, they try to make it fit into laws of nature and science, even if they have to make up a few exceptions through tech or such to get it to fit.

It is also a linked to the type of vampires that are alive rather than undead, where vampirism is genetically hereditary, not just hereditary through transmission.