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...by the NPHS said. "The risk of patients contacting hepatitis C is very small and the contact programme is being taken on a precautionary basis." Hepatitis C is the infection or inflammation of the liver and is caused by a blood-borne virus. The disease is very contagious and spreads when blood of an infecte...Asian American Community Prone To Hepatitis B infection
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