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# Infection, general - Whole blood and components

## Essential information

Definition/s

  Acute: lasting for a limited duration only with no long lasting carrier stage

  Chronic: continuing, or possibly continuing, infection, even without symptoms or signs of infection.

  Infectious diseases are infections that can easily be passed from person to person, either through casual or intimate contact.

  A non-contagious disease is a disease which is not transmitted person to person without the aid of a vector (e.g. a mosquito) or is a disease that is the result of an environmental issue which may be shared (e.g. food poisoning).

Obligatory

  See: is there a specific entry for the condition?

  If not, see as appropriate:

  - Infection, acute
  - Infection, chronic
  - Pyrexia

  Contact with infection:

  See Infectious diseases, contact with
  or Non-contagious diseases, contact with

Discretionary

  Symptomless carriers of staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), accept.

## Supporting information

See if relevant
  - Coronavirus infection
  - Endocarditis
  - Giardiasis
  - Hepatitis
  - Hepatitis A
  - Hepatitis B
  - Hepatitis C
  - Hepatitis E
  - Herpes simplex
  - HIV
  - HTLV
  - Malaria
  - Osteomyelitis
  - Parvovirus B19
  - Prion-associated diseases
  - Pyrexia
  - Rabies
  - Rheumatic fever
  - Sexually transmitted disease
  - South American trypanosomiasis
  - Syphilis
  - Tetanus
  - Thrush
  - Toxoplasmosis
  - Tropical viruses
  - Tuberculosis
  - Viral haemorrhagic fever
  - West Nile Virus

Reason for change:
  A link to the Pyrexia entry has been added and the See if Relevant section has been updated.
Version details:

  WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 72 (31 July 2024)

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