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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:06 AM Feb 2013

Spread of hepatitis C pinpointed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21282381

Up to 180 million people are infected with hepatitis C

Scientists say they have, for the first time, worked out the pattern of spread of hepatitis C, showing early diagnosis is key to preventing epidemics.

A study in injecting drug users in Greece indicated that each infected person spread the disease to 20 others - 10 of these in the first two years.

The researchers said their results would help tackle the disease's spread.

Globally up to 180 million people live with the virus, most are unaware that they have it.

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Spread of hepatitis C pinpointed (Original Post) xchrom Feb 2013 OP

My ex did not tell me until we had been together for over two years, actually his mother told Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #1

Mnemosyne

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1. My ex did not tell me until we had been together for over two years, actually his mother told

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Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:04 AM

Feb 2013

me. I was very fortunate, got out without being infected.

He got it sharing needles, which he also failed to tell me about. He had stopped using needles long before I met him.

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