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through the blood of an infected person
Hepatitis C is transmitted through the blood of an infected person.
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by blood-to-blood contact
Hepatitis C is transmitted by blood-to-blood contact and is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States.
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through blood
Hepatitis C virus is typically transmitted through blood, but an infected person who spits at someone can run afoul of the law in some jurisdictions.
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primarily through blood-to-blood contact via transfusions or contaminated needles
Ltd. Hepatitis C is transmitted primarily through blood-to-blood contact via transfusions or contaminated needles.
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through contact with blood or blood products containing the virus
Hepatitis C virus is transmitted through contact with blood or blood products containing the virus.
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through contaminated blood and bodily fluids
While currently most heavily associated with injectable drug usage, hepatitis C is transmitted through contaminated blood and bodily fluids, also including being passed on from mother to baby at birth.
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through blood and blood products sometimes through other body fluids
Hepatitis C infections are transmitted through blood and blood products and sometimes through other body fluids.
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through blood or sexual contact
Since hepatitis C is transmitted through blood or sexual contact, individuals at higher risk for infection include people who use intravenous drugs, individuals who have had tattoos and/or piercings done, recipients of transfusion and organ transplants; and individuals who have unprotected sex and multiple sexual partners.
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by blood
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be transmitted by blood, tooth extraction and unprotected sex, and the number of infected people in the country is increasing.
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by sharing needles or other drug-injection equipment
The most common way hepatitis C is transmitted is by sharing needles or other drug-injection equipment.
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through blood transfusions (prior to 1991)
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease primarily affecting the liver and which can lead to scarring and cirrhosis and is transmitted primarily through blood transfusions (prior to 1991), intravenous drug use, poorly sterilized medical equipment and sexual transmission.
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through direct blood-to-blood contact, such as by sharing needles and drug paraphernalia through blood transfusions and organ transplants through tattoos and, in rarer cases, via sex
Hepatitis C is most commonly transmitted through direct blood-to-blood contact, such as by sharing needles and drug paraphernalia; through blood transfusions and organ transplants; through tattoos and, in rarer cases, via sex.
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by blood transfusions
Still, the report, Progress Toward Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infection – Sub-Saharan Africa 2000-2011, notes, an estimated 45,000 hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections are transmitted by blood transfusions each year.
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through blood transfusions, organ transplants, percutaneous (especially IV drug use), sexual or perinatal route
Hepatitis C can be transmitted through blood transfusions, organ transplants, percutaneous (especially IV drug use), sexual or perinatal route.
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through blood-to-blood contact which usually occurs through the use of poorly sterilized medical equipment, intravenous drug use, and transfusions
Hepatitis C can be transmitted through blood-to-blood contact which usually occurs through the use of poorly sterilized medical equipment, intravenous drug use, and transfusions.
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