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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Risk Factors

  • Health care professionals who are exposed to body fluids and infected blood
  • Individuals who get multiple tattoos and body piercing
  • Certain prescription medications
  • Excessive alcohol use
  • Having high levels of fat in the blood
  • Sharing infected needle and syringes
  • Obesity
  • Having unprotected sex and multiple sex partners
  • Working with toxic chemicals without wearing safety clothes

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