Vampires and Werewolves

[Amanda]

No: HPFGUIDX 88113

Tanya:
> 
> Now Werewolves.  ie Lupin.  First, regardless of his condition, he 
is 
> a very popular character.  However, I have this question.  I know 
he 
> transforms only once a month and vampires are 24/7.  Lets ask this. 
> If he accidently bit someone in his human form, what would happen, 
> would that person then have the curse or not?

Okay, I am treading on shaky ground for a L.O.O.N., answering from 
work without my books handy. 

I *believe* that it was established that Lupin was safe to be around 
when he was a human, that you couldn't catch lycanthropy from a human 
bite. That may have been circumstantial; I'm remembering Lupin 
explaining in PoA, "A werewolf is only a danger..." but I can't 
remember how the quote ends. Rgh.

We *have* established that a wizard cannot catch the disease while in 
animal form--for Sirius fought Lupin-wolf as a dog, and is not 
subsequently a werewolf; nor does it follow that becoming animagi in 
the first place would be a way for them to be with Lupin, if they 
could still catch it.

ARGH. Need books. Must find quote. I think it's during the Shrieking 
Shack sequence.

~Amanda