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

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