Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It was called non-A non-B hepatitis for most of the 1970s and 1980s until the hepatitis C virus was first identified in 1989. Hepatitis C is spread through blood-to-blood contact.
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It was called non-A non-B hepatitis for most of the 1970s and 1980s until the hepatitis C virus was first identified in 1989. Hepatitis C is spread through blood-to-blood contact.
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