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  2. Dark Souls III - Wikipedia

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    Shields can act as secondary weapons, but they are mainly used to deflect enemies' attacks and protect the player from suffering damage. [2] Each weapon has two basic types of attack, one being a standard attack and the other being slightly more powerful that can be charged up, similar to FromSoftware's previous game, Bloodborne .

  3. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    A bloodborne viral disease that induces a subtle urge in those infected to donate blood, and by psychological association with this act causing a general increase in altruistic behavior. AMPS – acquired metastructural pediculosis Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess: A "metaphysical, deconstructionist" virus spread by the English ...

  4. List of oncogenic bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Cervical cancer. [2] Chlamydophila psittaci: Ocular/adnexal lymphoma (forms of eye cancer). [2] Clostridium ssp Colon cancer. [2] Cutibacterium acnes: Bladder and prostate cancer. [2] Fusobacterium nucleatum: Colorectal cancer [3] Helicobacter bilis: Biliary cancers (such as gallbladder and biliary tract cancers). [2] Helicobacter bizzozeronii ...

  5. Needlestick injury - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] Testing and follow-up treatment for healthcare workers who experienced a needlestick injury was estimated at $5,000 in the year 2000, depending upon the medical treatment provided. The American Hospital Association found that a case of infection by blood-borne pathogens could cost $1 million for testing, follow-up, and disability ...

  6. Biological agent - Wikipedia

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    The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention is an international treaty banning the development, use or stockpiling of biological weapons; as of March 2021, there were 183 states parties to the treaty. [3] Bio-agents are, however, widely studied for both defensive and medical research purposes under various biosafety levels and within biocontainment ...

  7. Bloodstream infection - Wikipedia

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    Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are infections of blood caused by blood-borne pathogens. [1] The detection of microbes in the blood (most commonly accomplished by blood cultures [2]) is always abnormal. A bloodstream infection is different from sepsis, which is characterized by severe inflammatory or immune responses of the host organism to ...

  8. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Treatment is typically a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) plus two nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) Under research [3] Entamoeba histolytica: Amoebiasis: Microscopy Those with symptoms require treatment with an amoebicidal tissue-active agent and a luminal cysticidal agent.

  9. Carcinogenic bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Bacteria involved in causing and treating cancers. Cancer bacteria are bacteria infectious organisms that are known or suspected to cause cancer. [1] While cancer-associated bacteria have long been considered to be opportunistic (i.e., infecting healthy tissues after cancer has already established itself), there is some evidence that bacteria may be directly carcinogenic.