1. HEP C NOT TRANSMITTED LIKE HIV
    MEDIA DOC MEDIA DOC Australia says:
    April 10, 2010 at 6:07 PM

    I think it is not only wrong to say that Hepatitis C is transmitted "much like" HIV but that statement may cause confusion amongst lay people. If you wish to be a credible source of medical information please ensure you communicate your medical facts correctly so there is no confusion.

    While HIV is considered a sexually transmitted infection ie via semen and to a much lesser extent other sexually related body fluids, the rate of sexual transmission via semen and non blood body fluids of Hep C is  "extremely low or even null" see ref 1

    My understanding is that when HEP C infection is associated with sex it is because the practices people used will have involved blood to blood contact.  

    references :
    1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15128350

    2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19218181

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