Transcription of toolkit EMI Guidelines - Appendix 23 Hepatitis C …
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toolkit -77- Hepatitis c virus : epidemiology and transmission risksHepatitis C infection is caused by an RNA virus that was first identified in Chronic Hepatitis C infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease and death throughout the Approximately 3% of the world s population is infected with Hepatitis c virus (HCV).3 Six distinct but related genotypes and multiple subtypes have been , 4 in western Europe genotypes 1a and 1b are most common, followed by genotypes 3 and is transmitted by blood and now occurs primarily through injecting drug use, and less frequently through sex with an infected partner, occupational exposure, and maternal-foetal transmission.
toolkit-77-Hepatitis C virus: epidemiology and transmission risks Hepatitis C infection is caused by an RNA virus that was first identified in …
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