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  1. Hepatitis C - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes liver swelling, called inflammation. Hepatitis C can lead to serious liver damage. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) ...

  2. Hepatitis C - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    If a screening test shows hepatitis C, other blood tests can: Measure the quantity of the hepatitis C virus in the blood, called the viral load. Show the ...

  3. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C: What’s the difference? - Mayo Clinic

    Hepatitis C symptoms may happen about 2 weeks to 6 months after you are infected. Preventing the infections. Hepatitis B (HBV) can be prevented with a vaccine.

  4. Why isn't there a hepatitis C vaccine? - Mayo Clinic

    In the past, chimpanzees were used in hepatitis C research because the way the virus infects them is similar to the infection in humans. But ethical concerns ...

  5. Hepatitis C antibody test - Mayo Clinic

    The hepatitis C antibody test is a simple blood test that checks for a liver infection called hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is the most common type of hepatitis in ...

  6. Hepatitis C: What happens in end-stage liver disease? - Mayo Clinic

    The hepatitis C virus slowly damages the liver over many years, often progressing from inflammation to permanent, irreversible scarring (cirrhosis). Often, ...

  7. Mayo Clinic Minute: What is hepatitis C?

    Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes liver inflammation. "If untreated, it causes permanent damage, fibrosis, and liver failure. The liver loses its ...

  8. Hepatitis C - Care at Mayo Clinic

    Mayo Clinic's hepatitis C care teams include doctors trained in liver disease (hepatologists), specialists in infectious disease, diagnostic radiologists and ...

  9. Hepatitis C: How common is sexual transmission? - Mayo Clinic

    But the risk of getting hepatitis C through sex is higher for people who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The risk also is higher when the partner who ...

  10. Therapies for hepatitis C - Liver Transplant

    Mayo Clinic doctors study which immunosuppressive medications may be most appropriate for people with hepatitis C who have had liver transplants, and which ...