Bloodborne Diseases: Beyond HIV and Hepatitis - Risks and Precautions
This statement is not accurate. There are many other bloodborne threats besides HIV and HBV, including:- Hepatitis A (HAV)
- Hepatitis C (HCV)
- Hepatitis D (HDV)
- Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV)
- Syphilis
- Malaria
- Babesiosis
- Chagas disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)
It is important to take precautions to avoid exposure to all of these bloodborne threats.
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