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Environment & Energy

Delphinus

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4. Is it the way the story is written ...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 01:51 PM

May 9

Doctors pumped all of the infected blood out of his body and replaced it with donor blood.

How can they differentiate between infected blood and non-infected blood?

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Babseiosis - A Malaria-Like Disease Spread By Ticks - Spreading Rapidly Through Mid-Atlantic States [View all] hatrack May 9 OP

Sounds like someone hasn't been drinking their cod liver oil! I'm sure DHHS will jump on this. FSogol May 9 #1

Also wondering if this guy spent enough time in the testicle-tanning booth . . . hatrack May 9 #2

Dogs living in these areas are routinely screened for antigen or antibodies against a panel of tick-borne hlthe2b May 9 #3

Is it the way the story is written ... Delphinus May 9 #4

Full exchange may require heart-lung bypass so that literally all the patients blood is actually removed. hlthe2b May 9 #5

Wow! Delphinus May 9 #7

Ticks can be tested for presence of pathogens that can infect other animals (including humans) when attached and feeding justareader May 9 #6

Thanks for sharing Delphinus May 9 #8