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Descriptor English: Blood-Borne Infections
Descriptor Spanish: Infecciones de Transmisión Sanguínea
Descriptor infecciones transmitidas por la sangre
Entry term(s) enfermedades hematógenas
enfermedades transmitidas por la sangre
infecciones hematógenas
Scope note: Enfermedades debidas a o propagadas por líquidos corporales de huéspedes cuya SANGRE se ha contaminado con patógenos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Infecções Transmitidas por Sangue
Descriptor French: Infections transmissibles par le sang
Entry term(s): Blood Borne Disease
Blood Borne Diseases
Blood Borne Infection
Blood Borne Infections
Blood-Borne Infection
Disease, Blood Borne
Infection, Blood Borne
Infection, Blood-Borne
Tree number(s): C01.221.250
C23.550.291.531.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000086982
Scope note: Diseases due to or propagated by body fluids from hosts whose BLOOD has been contaminated with pathogens.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; add as a coordinate with other infection terms when the infection is discussed as blood-borne by the author
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Communicable Diseases (1997-2020)
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
Related: Blood-Borne Pathogens MeSH
DeCS ID: 59550
Unique ID: D000086982
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/06/17
Blood-Borne Infections - Preferred
Concept UI M000733205
Scope note Diseases due to or propagated by body fluids from hosts whose BLOOD has been contaminated with pathogens.
Preferred term Blood-Borne Infections
Entry term(s) Blood Borne Disease
Blood Borne Diseases
Blood Borne Infection
Blood Borne Infections
Blood-Borne Infection
Disease, Blood Borne
Infection, Blood Borne
Infection, Blood-Borne



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