Hepatitis C is the liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which was first identified in 1989. Hepatitis C is spread by direct contact with the blood of an infected person. Hepatitis C differs from hepatitis A, which is spread through eating or drinking contaminated food or water and hepatitis B, which can be spread through blood contact with any body fluid of an infected person.
To learn more about Hepatitis C, see Hepatitis C (Canadian Liver Foundation).
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Review Date : December 2003
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