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Hepatitis AB Nov 3, 2006 What is Hepatitis AB? I was told it is the same thing as Hepatitis C. Surely there is some difference. What is it? |
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| Response from Dr. McGovern
 Hepatitis B and hepatitis C are both viruses that can cause inflammation in the liver. The most common causes of hepatitis B are sexual transmission and injection drug use. The most common causes of hepatitis C are injection drug use and sometimes sexual transmission from an infected partner. Hepatitis B is usually cleared successfully; hepatitis C usually becomes a chronic infection. | ||||||||
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