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2. Blood-borne disease - Wikipedia

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   Blood for blood transfusion is screened for many blood-borne diseases. Additionally, a technique that uses a combination of riboflavin and UV light to inhibit the replication of these pathogens by altering their nucleic acids can be used to treat blood components prior to their transfusion, and can reduce the risk of disease transmission.

3. Bloodstream infection - Wikipedia

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   The detection of microbes in the blood (most commonly accomplished by blood cultures [2]) is always abnormal. A bloodstream infection is different from sepsis , which is characterized by severe inflammatory or immune responses of the host organism to pathogens.

4. List of hematologic conditions - Wikipedia

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   This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion. There are many conditions of or affecting the human hematologic system—the biological system that includes plasma, platelets, leukocytes, and erythrocytes, the major components of blood and the bone marrow. [1]

5. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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   Testing blood for antibodies against the bacterium or its DNA: Doxycycline, penicillin, ceftriaxone: Yes: Listeria monocytogenes: Listeriosis: Culture of blood or spinal fluid: Ampicillin, gentamicin: No Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia garinii, and Borrelia afzelii: Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) Based on symptoms, tick exposure, blood tests

6. Hematologic disease - Wikipedia

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   Hematologic diseases are disorders which primarily affect the blood and blood-forming organs. Hematologic diseases include rare genetic disorders, anemia , HIV , sickle cell disease and complications from chemotherapy or transfusions.

7. Category:Blood disorders - Wikipedia

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   This category reflects the organization of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision. Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes D50-D89 within Chapter III: Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism should be included in this category.