Sem 2 Ch 6 Gallbladder, Exocrine Pancreatic Disorder: Transmitted through needlesticks, blood transfusions, illicit IV drug use, and unidentified means. Also can be transmitted by sharing contaminated straws used for snorting cocaine

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Transmitted through needlesticks, blood transfusions, illicit IV drug use, and unidentified means. Also can be transmitted by sharing contaminated straws used for snorting cocaine

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Hepatitis C HCV

*In the past, hep C could not be detected in banked blood, so it was transmitted more easily through transfusion. The advent of routine blood screening in 1992 greatly reduced the number of cases of transfusion related hep C

Sem 2 Ch 6 Gallbladder, Exocrine Pancreatic Disorder

Transmitted through needlesticks, blood transfusions, illicit IV drug use, and unidentified means. Also can be transmitted by sharing contaminated straws used for snorting cocaine

Hepatitis C HCV *In the past, hep C could not be detected in banked blood, so it was transmitted more easily through transfusion. The advent of routine blood screening in 1992 greatly reduced the number of cases of transfusion related hep C

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