Rejekine. HIV (causes AIDS) and Hepatitis C has some similarities and important differences. Both are viruses that can cause chronic disease. Some risk factors such as injection drug use and blood transfusions before 1992 are often found both viruses. Today, nearly a third of people with HIV, especially those infected from transfusions and needles, are also infected with hepatitis C virus
Patients infected with hepatitis C virus and HIV, chronic Hepatitis C is faster than their HIV negative.
It is estimated that about 180 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C, or about 3 percent of the population. Hepatitis C infection more so than HIV.
Hepatitis C and other hepatitis viruses
Although all viral hepatitis affects the liver, different premises Hepatitis C Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A. The big difference is there is no vaccine for Hepatitis C. Hepatitis B virus is often transmitted through sexual contact. Hepatitis A, in contrast to hepatitis B and C do not cause chronic disease.
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| Number of new cases per year | 35,000 | 200,000 | 150,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of affected people in U.S. | 4,000,000 | 1,200,000 | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Food and Water Contamination | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vaccine | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hepatitis C dan Hemofilia
Penderita Hemofilia memiliki resiko terinfeksi melalui darah lebih tinggi dibandingkan populasi lainnya karena mereka secara teratur menjalani transfusi darah dan menerima produk darah lainnya.
Pada tahun 1987, prosedur inaktivasi virus mulai diberlakukan di bank darah. Dengan prosedur ini telah dilakukan pemusnahan besar-besaran pada darah yang ada karena adanya virus Hepatitis C. Namun demikian penderita Hemofilia yang menerima produk darah sebelum tahun tersebut memiliki resiko tinggi terinfeksi Hepatitis C.
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