![]() Sharing equipment that has been contaminated with blood from an infected person, such as needles, syringes, and even medical equipment, such as glucose monitors.The hepatitis B virus can also be transmitted by: Hepatitis B is primarily spread when blood, semen, or certain other body fluids – even in microscopic amounts – from a person infected with the hepatitis B virus enters the body of someone who is not infected.Hepatitis A virus is spread when someone ingests the virus (even in microscopic amounts too small to see) through close, personal contact with an infected person, or through eating contaminated food or drink.Most people who get infected with the hepatitis C virus develop chronic hepatitis C. Hepatitis C can range from a mild illness, lasting a few weeks, to a serious, life-long (chronic) infection.Hepatitis B can range from a mild illness, lasting a few weeks, to a serious, life-long (chronic) condition.Hepatitis A can last from a few weeks to several months.Hepatitis C is a leading cause of liver transplants and liver cancer.In 2020 the rates of hepatitis C- associated deaths were highest in American Indian/Alaska Native and non-Hispanic Black people. ![]()
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