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Epidemiology of hepatitis C

1996; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 8; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00042737-199604000-00005

1473-5687

Miriam J. Alter,

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Hepatitis C occurs worldwide and in all age and racial/ethnic groups studied. The most efficient transmission is through percutaneous exposure to infectious blood, but may also occur as a result of inapparent parenteral and mucosal exposure. Although hepatitis C virus may be inefficiently transmitted in some settings, the high rate of persistent infection with this virus creates a large reservoir of persons who are infectious to others, resulting in multiple opportunities for transmission to occur.