Blood-borne disease

A blood-borne disease is one that can be spread by contamination by blood.The most common examples are HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and viral haemorrhagic fevers.Diseases that are not usually transmitted directly by blood contact, but rather by insect or other vector, are more usefully classified as vector-borne disease, even though the causative agent can be found in blood. Vector-borne diseases include West Nile virus and malaria.
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