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Who gets hepatitis?

Anyone can be infected by hepatitis. Groups at particular risk include heavy drinkers, sexual partners of hepatitis carriers, people sharing a household with hepatitis carriers, injecting drug users (past or present) and people who live in, or have travelled to, countries where sanitation is not good. Blood transfusion recipients are at an increased risk of contracting hepatitis from infected donors. People who have had tattoos and body piercings done in an unsanitary way are also at risk.

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Author: Dr Idan Ben-Barak PhD, MSc, BSc (Med)
First answered: 19 Sep 2014
Last reviewed: 19 May 2018
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Category: Hepatitis B

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