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Hepatitis C Infection from the Environment Apr 22, 2012 Hello, I have read that hepatitis C can live in the environment for at least 16 hours but not longer than 4 days. In your opinion how likely is it to get infected with this virus through environmental contacts? Do I need to be worried every time I get a cut out in public? I understand I would not get HIV from cutting myself on something a HIV infected person just cut themselves on because the virus does not live outside the body that long. But I am unclear with Hepatitis C. Thank you in advance for your answer. |
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 You are correct that HCV can live in the environment, but we don't have proof that this is a vehicle for transmission. It is was, I would imagine that a lot more than 1.8% of the US population would have been infected. Furthermore, most persons do know their risk factor for acquisition of the infection. | ||||||||
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