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A blood-borne, parasitical disease, similar to malaria— which is pretty much the truth.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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Just consider it a blood-borne disease very much like malaria.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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The public-health response to blood-borne virus transmission in IDUs has mainly centered on HIV.
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Just consider it a blood-borne disease very much like malaria.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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I remember reading the earliest news stories about AIDS, a mysterious new blood-borne disease, and freezing with the intuitive knowledge that whatever was borne through the blood could be borne into Peter's blood—and, by accident, perhaps mine, too.
Circumcision Saved My Life Diane Cole 2011
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Arizona scientists will study things such as predicting asthma in babies, prostate cancer and the behavioral responses of kissing bugs, which are blood-sucking insects linked to a blood-borne disease that afflicts 11 million to 13 million people in Mexico and Latin America.
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In these instances, blood-borne diseases, such as hepatitis and HIV, can be spread.
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Hepatitis C is an infectious blood-borne virus that attacks the liver.
Hepatitis C 2010
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There is some craziness with a bit of self-awareness on the part of the blood-borne nannies that give the character his power, but basically the tale (as I recall it) is Punisher-like with a healthy dose of blood and violence, government agencies, organized crime and a shady background for the main character.
Matthew Vaughn’s Next Film to be Adaptation of Bloodshot? | /Film 2010
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A blood-borne, parasitical disease, similar to malaria— which is pretty much the truth.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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