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2. Here's What Hepatitis C Actually Is—and How You Get It - AOL

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   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “Vital Signs: Newly Reported Acute and Chronic Hepatitis C Cases―United States, 2009–2018.” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

3. Hepatitis C - Wikipedia

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   Chronic hepatitis C is defined as infection with the hepatitis C virus persisting for more than six months based on the presence of its RNA. [18] Chronic infections are typically asymptomatic during the first few decades, [ 18 ] and thus are most commonly discovered following the investigation of elevated liver enzyme levels or during a routine ...

4. Chronic liver disease - Wikipedia

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   Chronic liver disease takes several years to develop and the condition may not be recognised unless there is clinical awareness of subtle signs and investigation of abnormal liver function tests. Testing for chronic liver disease involves blood tests, imaging including ultrasound, and a biopsy of the liver. The liver biopsy is a simple ...

5. Hepatitis C virus - Wikipedia

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   The hepatitis C virus (HCV) [3] is a small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. The hepatitis C virus is the cause of hepatitis C and some cancers such as liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, abbreviated HCC) and lymphomas in humans. [4] [5]

6. The CDC has new recommendations for testing infants for ...

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   Advocates say as many as 3.9 million people are living with chronic hepatitis C. Now doctors are using a new method to treat mothers before they pass the virus down to their children.

7. U.S. Monitoring Outbreak Of Hepatitis In Children - AOL

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   The CDC says more than 100 children in 25 states and territories have contracted severe cases of hepatitis. About 90% of the children were hospitalized, 15% needed liver transplants and 5 children ...