Here are answers to some commonly asked questions about hepatitis C transmission to help you protect yourself and others. You can contract hepatitis C if your blood is exposed to the blood of ...

Further, the two samples that they missed were acute-phase sera, and subsequent samples from these same patients proved to be positive for what Chiron now called the hepatitis C virus. Michael ...

The viral illness kills more people in the city than HIV, but antiviral medications may be helping cut its transmission.

For information on treatment of hepatitis C, see our treatment page. Hepatitis C transmission happens in some of the same ways as HIV transmission. It is usually passed on by direct blood-to-blood ...

Hepatitis B and C can spread through infected body fluids ... with inadequate screening protocols also increases the risk of transmission. Additionally, healthcare workers exposed to infected ...

which remain environments of increased hepatitis C transmission. This is no longer a disease that people just have to live with. Enhanced access to prevention and hepatitis C testing and treatment ...

Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver that's caused by a virus. The most common ones in the U.S. are hep A, B, and C. Hepatitis A can make you feel like you have the flu. The first ...

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a blood-borne infection that causes a serious risk to health through ... has transformed the evidence base for the prevention and treatment of HCV among PWID and other ...

If no other government comes forward to close the funding gap, we will face an alarming increase in transmission,' says Finn Jarle Rode, executive director of The Hepatitis Fund - Anadolu Ajansı ...