Hepatitis C
Hepatitis Virus
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis Virus
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis Virus
Hepatitis C
- About 50,300 new infections in 2018
- Estimated 2.4 million people living with hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
- About 22,600 new infections in 2018
- Estimated 862,000 people living with hepatitis B
Hepatitis A
- About 24,900 new infections each year
Hepatitis C
- About 50% of people with hepatitis C do not know they are infected
- Hepatitis C is a leading cause of liver transplants and liver cancer
Hepatitis B
- Effective vaccine available
- About 2 in 3 people with hepatitis B do not know they are infected
- About 50% of people with hepatitis B in the U.S are Asian
- Hepatitis B is a leading cause of liver cancer
Hepatitis A
- Effective vaccine available
- Outbreaks still occur in the United States; currently there are are widespread person-to-person outbreaks
- Recent foodborne outbreaks in US traced to imported food
- Common in many countries, especially those without modern sanitation