Health assessment - abdominal: Transmission: Percutaneous, IV Drug Users (50%)Transfusions (4%)
Incubation: 42-49 days
often co-infected with HIV
No vaccine available
Course: Chronic active hepatitis (70-90%), 20% develop chronic liver disease: Common cause of liver failure and cancer-- number one reason for liver transplant

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Transmission: Percutaneous, IV Drug Users (50%)Transfusions (4%)
Incubation: 42-49 days
often co-infected with HIV
No vaccine available
Course: Chronic active hepatitis (70-90%), 20% develop chronic liver disease: Common cause of liver failure and cancer-- number one reason for liver transplant

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Tell me about Hepatitis C

Health assessment - abdominal

Transmission: Percutaneous, IV Drug Users (50%)Transfusions (4%) Incubation: 42-49 days often co-infected with HIV No vaccine available Course: Chronic active hepatitis (70-90%), 20% develop chronic liver disease: Common cause of liver failure and cancer-- number one reason for liver transplant

Tell me about Hepatitis C

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