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Mystery infections traced to blood-shedding religious ritual
Source: Associated Press
Mystery infections traced to blood-shedding religious ritual
By MIKE STOBBE
March 13, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Add self-flagellation to the list of ways to get a dangerous viral blood infection.
Researchers said Wednesday that they were initially puzzled how 10 British men had become infected with a little-known virus, because the men hadn’t taken risks usually associated with the infection.
But then investigators learned they had participated in blood-shedding religious rituals — cutting or whipping themselves — in Iraq, Pakistan, India and the United Kingdom.
“There have been suggestions that you might spread infections through this route, but it has never been described before” in a published medical study, said Dr. Divya Dhasmana of St. Mary’s Hospital in London.
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By MIKE STOBBE
March 13, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Add self-flagellation to the list of ways to get a dangerous viral blood infection.
Researchers said Wednesday that they were initially puzzled how 10 British men had become infected with a little-known virus, because the men hadn’t taken risks usually associated with the infection.
But then investigators learned they had participated in blood-shedding religious rituals — cutting or whipping themselves — in Iraq, Pakistan, India and the United Kingdom.
“There have been suggestions that you might spread infections through this route, but it has never been described before” in a published medical study, said Dr. Divya Dhasmana of St. Mary’s Hospital in London.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/cd3b59369e7943ff90de2a8d10b13789
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Related: Self-Flagellation as Possible Route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Transmission (Ahead of print - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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