Glossary for Diseases contagious from blood transfusion

• Chronic Hepatitis B: Chronic form of HepB liver infection.
• Chronic Hepatitis C: Chronic form of Hepatitis C viral liver infection.
• Diseases contagious from blood: Diseases that can be contracted from blood
• HTLV-1: Virus affecting the immune system and associated with a particular leukemia/lymphoma.
• Hepatitis B: Viral liver infection spread by sex or body fluids.
• Hepatitis C: Viral liver infection spread by blood.
• Malaria: A parasitic disease transmitted through mosquito bites.
• Rubella: A contagious viral infection caused by the Rubella virus which produces a rash and lymph node swelling. It can have serious implication in pregnant women as the virus can be transmitted through the placenta and cause serious fetal defects or even fetal death.
• Syphilis: A sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria (Treponema pallidum). The condition is often asymptomatic in the early stages but one or more sores may be present in the early stages. Untreated syphilis usually results in remission of visible symptoms but further severe damage may occur to internal organs and other body tissues which can result in death.
• Toxoplasmosis: Infection often caught from cats and their feces.
• Tropical Spastic Paraparesis: A form of spastic partial paralysis of the lower limbs which occurs in the tropics

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