Hepatitis C
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Hepatitis C Transmission
Facts about
hepatitis
C:
Usually a person is infected with the
hepatitis
C virus by exposure to infected blood.
Rarely,
hepatitis
C is spread through sexual contact with someone who is infected.
Hepatitis
C is not spread through food, water or casual contact.
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Hepatitis C Anatomy
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