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hipatitis b,c Aug 4, 2009 i bought an orange than it fell on the floor in the store i peeled the orange not completely, so when i was eating the orange, the orange skin touch the lining of my mouth so if there was some blood on the floor and got some blood on the orange skin,woud i be at risk for hipatitis b,c? |
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 No. Transmission requires mixing of your blood and the blood of another person infected with HCV or HBV. | ||||||||
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