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A virus that causes hepatitis (inflammation of the liver). It is carried and passed to others through blood or sexual contact. Also, infants born to infected mothers may become infected with the virus.
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is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hepatitis C virus is carried in the blood of people infected with the virus. It is primarily spread through contact with infected blood. It can occasionally be spread other ways. HCV can be spread by:
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A serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus — a virus transmitted by exposure to the blood and body fluids of an infected person. No vaccine is available to prevent hepatitis C.
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A form of hepatitis caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), previously known as non-A, non-B hepatitis. Most infections are due to injection drug use with contaminated needles. Blood transfusion-associated infections are rarer now than in the past due to improved blood donor screening. The CDC estimates 3.9 million (1.8%) Americans have been infected with HCV, of whom 2.7 million are chronically infected. ...
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In the United States, the most common Blood-borne infection and a major cause of liver damage. HCV is spread primarily through contact with infected Blood. It is responsible for 8,000 to 10,000 deaths in the United States annually. Many people have the disease for years before it is detected.
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virus spread by blood transfusion and possibly by sexual intercourse or sharing needles with infected people. Hepatitis C may lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hepatitis C used to be called non-A, non-B hepatitis.
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a contagious viral disease that causes inflammation of the liver. A chronic carrier state occurs in some individuals and may result in life-threatening liver damage, cirrhosis, and/or liver cancer. HCV is spread mainly via contaminated blood products or shared needles. There is no standard treatment or vaccine.
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HCV - the virus identified as the leading cause of Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis. The Hepatitis C Antibody (or Anti-HCV) test detects antibodies to the Hepatitis C virus. The Anti-HCV test was implemented in May 1990 to further reduce the incidence of post-transfusion hepatitis. The blood from donors who test positive for HCV antibodies is discarded.
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Hepatitis C is a life-threatening, blood borne disease of the liver, which is transmitted by exposure to blood. A particularly dangerous form of viral hepatitis, it is caused by an RNA virus. Hepatitis C can lead to serious, permanent liver damage, and in many cases, death. More than 80 percent of those who are infected will progress to chronic liver disease. ...
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An infection of the liver that is caused by an RNA virus, is transmitted primarily by blood and blood products, as in blood transfusions or intravenous drug use, and sometimes through sexual contact. Most cases of non-A, non-B hepatitis are of this type.
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A viral hepatitis caused by the Hepatitis C-virus, a Flaviviridae-virus. The transmission route is parenteral. A fulminant course is rare but the disease is very often chronic, causing liver cirrhosis and an elevated risk of liver cancer. The disease can easily be avoided by avoiding blood contact with infected people (for example dirty needles). No vaccine is available against Hepatitis C.
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A virus that causes inflammation of the liver and can lead to life-threatening liver damage. Hepatitis C virus, can lead to cirrhosis, a serious liver condition caused by scarring. Cirrhosis is a major cause of anemia because it results in internal bleeding. Two drugs used to treat liver disease, ribavirin and interferon, can lead to hemolytic anemia (premature destruction of red blood cells).
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A liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus. The virus is transmitted through contaminated blood from other people who have the disease. The infection can be characterized by a prolonged symptom-free period of chronic infection. Progresses to chronic hepatitis in the majority of infections, and may ultimately lead to cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. In technical terms, the virus is a positive stranded RNA virus of the Flavivirdae family. ...
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A viral liver disease that can be acute, chronic or even life threatening.
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A virus usually spread by blood transfusion or intravenous drug use. Other risk factors for the transmission of hepatitis C include tattoos and sexual contact. In the past, hepatitis C was described Non-A Non-B hepatitis or transfusion associated hepatitis. At present, there are 4 million cases in the United States. It represent an epidemic and is the leading cause of liver transplantation in the United States.
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formerly called non-A, non-B hepatitis, is also transmitted by contaminated blood transfusions and by sharing of needles among drug abusers, although in many cases no source can be identified. It is the most common form of chronic liver disease in the United States. Many of those infected have no symptoms but become carriers, and the virus may eventually cause liver damage. Blood banks routinely screen for hepatitis C. ...
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inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus, which is spread through blood or blood products
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a viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products)
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Hepatitis C is a form of hepatitis (liver inflammation) caused by a virus, the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Before the virus was discovered, in 1989, the syndrome was initially referred to as a "non-A-non-B hepatitis".
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