I.1.6a WHEN, AND FOR HOW LONG, IS A PERSON ABLE TO SPREAD THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS?
Part in orange sent to translatorEighty-five to ninety percent of all HCV carriers will have it for life, or until a cure is found. There is still a debate over whether people who have had a sustained viral response after treatment are cured, or if they are just in remission. All carriers of HCV can transmit the disease to others via his or her blood. The disease may occur in the acute form and be followed by recovery, but the majority of the cases become chronic and cause symptoms for years.
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FAQ THE BASICSEighty-five to ninety percent of all HCV carriers will have it for life, or until a cure is found. All carriers of HCV can transmit the disease to others via his or her blood. The disease may occur in the acute form and be followed by recovery, but the majority of the cases become chronic and cause symptoms for years.Related Questions
How long is an infected person able to spread the disease?
NIP: Diseases/Mumps/Mumps Disease FAQsMumps virus has been found in respiratory secretions 3 days before the start of symptoms until 9 days after onset. Although mumps virus has been detected on rare occasions for up to 9 days after symptom onset, the patient is most infectious within the first 5 days.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Viral HepatitisHepatitis A virus is spread from person to person by putting something in the mouth that has been contaminated with the stool of a person with hepatitis A. This type of transmission is called "fecal-oral." HBV is spread when blood from an infected person enters the body of a person who is not infected.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Hepatitis CHepatitis C is a virus that causes chronic inflammation of the liver and liver disease. About four to five million Americans have hepatitis C and more than 15,000 new cases develop each year.
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Hepatitis C Check - Frequently Asked QuestionsAnyone can be infected with the hepatitis C virus. However, people most likely to be infected with the hepatitis C virus include individuals who: (1.) had a blood transfusion and or received an organ transplant such as kidney, lung, or heart, before effective screening began in July 1992; (2.) have been or are on long term kidney dialysis (hemodialysis); (3.) received treatment with a clotting factor concentrate manufactured before 1987; (4.) have ever injected illegal drugs, even once; (5.
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NJDHSS Flu Clinics - Frequently Asked Questions about the Fl...The "contagious" period varies, but it probably begins the day before symptoms appear and extends for about one week after the first symptoms appeared.
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AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts:Yes. If a person has a positive antibody test, he or she should then have a viral test. This is usually called a PCR test. This type of test is looking for the actual virus, rather than the antibodies and can tell if there is any hepatitis C in that person's body. If the PCR test is negative, that means that the person has cleared the virus and is no longer infected. If the PCR test is positive, that means that the person still has active hepatitis C.
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ID Associates: HepatitisHCV is spread primarily by direct contact with human blood. For example, you may have gotten infected with HCV if: you ever injected street drugs, as the needles and/or other drug "works" used to prepare or inject the drug(s) may have had someone else's blood that contained HCV on them. you were ever on long-term kidney dialysis as you may have unknowingly shared supplies/equipment that had someone else's blood on them.
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Avian Flu - FAQThe virus can occur naturally in some wild migratory water birds, such as ducks and geese, which do not get sick from the virus but can carry it to other birds. Domestic poultry such as chickens and turkeys can get bird flu. These bird flu viruses pose no serious threat to human health.
Related QuestionsAvian Bird Flu Pandemic - Frequently Asked QuestionsThe virus is easily passed from person to person by breathing in air containing virus produced when an infected person talks, coughs or sneezes. It can spread through hand/face contact after touching a person or surface contaminated with the virus.Related Questions
what is hepatitis c?
FAQHepatitis C Virus (HCV) is spread mostly from contact with infected blood, such as a blood transfusion (before 1992), kidney dialysis, or through injecting drug use. It is rarely sexually transmitted, although sex with multiple partners or a history of sexually transmitted diseases can put people at risk for it. The virus can enter the body through minor cuts or scrapes by razors, toothbrushes or on needles used for tattooing, body piercing or on materials used to snort drugs.
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I.1.7b HOW CAN THE SPREAD OF HEPATITIS C BE PREVENTED?
Hepatitis C FAQ v2.0People who have hepatitis C should remain aware that their blood and possibly other body fluids are potentially infective, even when the person carrying the virus is asymptomatic. Care should be taken to avoid blood exposure to others by sharing toothbrushes, razors, needles, etc. Infected people must not donate blood, plasma or semen, and should inform their dental or medical health providers so that proper precautions can be followed.
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Frequently Asked QuestionsMultiple investigations have confirmed that West Nile virus transmission can occur through transplanted organs and/or blood products. The implementation of donor screening for the virus in 2003 has reduced the risk of transfusion-associated infection substantially by removing hundreds of units of potentially infectious blood products donated by donors who did not know they were infected.
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Hepatitis C FAQ v2.0In 1987, Michael Houghton and colleagues at Chiron Corporation in California discovered part of the genetic material of HCV using molecular recombinant technology. This discovery allowed the development of tests to detect specific antibodies. The first enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test made available in 1989 employed only a single recombinant protein to detect antibodies and produced a significant proportion of both false positive and false negative results.
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The Hepatitis Council of NSW - FAQIt is believed that HCV has existed for thousands of years. Before 1990, hepatitis C used to be called non-A non-B hepatitis. Doctors could only guess what was causing non-A non-B hepatitis until, in 1988, using genetic engineering, scientists discovered the virus responsible for causing the illness and called it hepatitis C virus. HCV can mutate or change slightly at a rapid rate and this is believed to be one explanation why the human antibody response does not eliminate the infection.
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Hepatitis C Web Portal: Frequently Asked QuestionsIt is possible to be co-infected with HIV or hepatitis B, primarily because these two diseases are spread in the same manner as hepatitis C.
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C-Level : Glasgow Hepatitis C SupportSome research suggests that the virus can remain active in dried blood for up to 2 months. More recent research (with chimpanzee blood) has found that the virus will remain active for at between 16 hours and 4 days.
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FAQMumps is contagious three days prior to and four days after the onset of symptoms. A person is most contagious 48 hours prior to the appearance of symptoms.
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Public Health - Disease Control - Tuberculosis Control Progr...A person with TB disease may remain contagious until he/she has been on appropriate treatment for several weeks. However, a person with latent TB infection, but not disease, cannot spread the infection to others, since there are no TB germs in the sputum.
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TestiCare - Medical Tests FAQ.No. Not everyone with chronic hepatitis B needs to be on medication. Your doctor can help decide whether drug therapy would help you.
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Hepatitis A: FAQ | CDC Viral HepatitisHepatitis A virus can live outside the body for months, depending on the environmental conditions. The virus is killed by heating to 185 degrees F (85 degrees C) for one minute. However, the virus can still be spread from cooked food if it is contaminated after cooking. Adequate chlorination of water, as recommended in the United States, kills hepatitis A virus that enters the water supply.
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