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The most common examples are HIV , Hepatitis B , and Hepatitis C . 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 . Many blood-borne diseases can also be transmitted by other means. Since it is difficult to determine what pathogens any given blood contains, and some blood-borne diseases are lethal, standard medical practice regards all blood (and any body fluid) as potentially infective. ''Blood and Body Fluid precautions'' are a type of Infection Control practice that seeks to minimize this sort of disease transmission. Blood for Blood Transfusion is screened for many blood-borne diseases. Needle Exchange s are an attempt to reduce the spread of blood-borne diseases in intravenous drug users. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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