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[0] Transmission/ Spread [1] Spread through food or water contaminated by stool from an infected person Eating food prepared by someone with HAV who did not wash their hands after using the bathroom Having anal/oral sex with someone with HAV Not washing your hands after changing a diaper Drinking contaminated water People are contagious for 2 to 6 weeks before symptoms appear and so can spread the disease before they know they have it [3] Spread by contact with infected blood or body fluids. Most common way people get infected is by needle-sharing during intravenous drug use. An infected woman can give hepatitis C to her baby at birth. Since reliable blood screening procedures became available, the risk of transmission of hepatitis C by blood transfusion is less than one per million units of transfused blood Rarely, the virus can be transmitted through sexual intercourse [2] 
Spread by contact with an infected person's blood, semen or other body fluid. An infected woman can give hepatitis B to her baby at birth Having sex with an infected person Being tattooed or pierced with unsterilized tools that were used on an infected person Getting an accidental needle stick with a needle that was used on an infected person Using an infected person’s razor or toothbrush Sharing drug needles with an infected person
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