Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A blood-borne disease is one that is spread by contamination by blood. Examples include: AIDS the various forms of hepatitis West Nile virus parasites malaria babesiosis and others... It should be noted that many blood-borne diseases can also be transmitted by other means. Blood for blood transfusion needs to be screened for blood-borne diseases. Needle exchanges are an attempt to reduce the spread of blood-borne diseases in intravenous drug users. See also: blood test External links http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens/ This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.