A few questions on serum therapy:
1. Do you need the same blood type as the donor?
2. Can other infectious diseases spread via an infusion from an infected donor, ie. hiv, hepatitis?
1. Do you need the same blood type as the donor?
2. Can other infectious diseases spread via an infusion from an infected donor, ie. hiv, hepatitis?
And yes you can get HepC and other viral diseases from it.
Beyond plasma therapy plasma can be purified as well. Which makes it easy to administer. (See Gamma globulin).