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How are HBV and HIV transmitted?
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV are bloodborne viruses transmitted primarily through sexual contact and injection-drug use. Because of these shared modes of transmission, a high proportion of adults at risk for HIV infection are also at risk for HBV infection.
How is Hep C and HIV transmitted?
What is the connection between HIV and HCV? Because both HIV and HCV can spread in blood, a major risk factor for both HIV and HCV infection is injection drug use. Sharing needles or other drug injection equipment increases the risk of contact with HIV- or HCV-infected blood.
How is HBV transmitted?
Hepatitis B is spread when blood, semen, or other body fluids from a person infected with the virus enters the body of someone who is not infected. This can happen through sexual contact; sharing needles, syringes, or other drug-injection equipment; or from mother to baby at birth.
Is Hepatitis B can be transmitted through saliva?
Hepatitis B is not spread through sneezing, coughing, hugging, or breastfeeding. Although the virus can be found in saliva, it is not believed to be spread through kissing or sharing utensils.
What causes HCV?
Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hepatitis C is spread through contact with blood from an infected person. Today, most people become infected with the hepatitis C virus by sharing needles or other equipment used to prepare and inject drugs.
Is hepatitis B transmitted by kissing?
How is HCV transmitted and what is the incubation period?
Incubation refers to the time between your first contact with the virus and the first signs of the disease. Unlike the flu virus, which has an incubation period of less than a week, incubation for acute HCV can take between 14 to 180 days . The hepatitis C infection is considered chronic after 180 days.
Can Hep C be transmitted through bodily fluids?
As with many infections, HCV lives in blood and bodily fluids. You can contract hepatitis C by coming into direct contact with an infected person’s blood. It can also be transmitted by contact with bodily fluids including saliva or semen of an infected person, but this is rare.