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Risk Factors for HCV\\
- Tattoos or body-piercings obtained in non-regulated setting\\
- Intranasal drug user who have shared paraphernalia\\
- 20 or more lifetime sexual partners\\
- Current or past sexual exposure to an HCV-infected person\\
- HIV infection\\
- History of hemophilia and received clotting factor concentrates prior
to 1987
- History of unexplained liver disease or abnormal liver function test\\
- Diagnosis of alcoholic hepatitis, alcohol abuse, or dependence\\
- Born to a mother with HCV\\
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- Incarceration
- Prior or current intravenous drug use\\
- Blood transfusion or organ transplantation prior to 1992\\
- Hemodialysis\\
- Vietnam-era Veteran, defined by dates of service from 1964-1975\\
- Health care, emergency medical care, emergency medical and public
safety workers after a needle stick injury or mucosal exposure to
HCV-positive blood
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