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A member asked:
My sister is hep c postive genotype 1 can you get two strands of hep c? after she was infected, she shared needles with someone who also has hep c.
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Yes: People can get multiple strains of hepatitis c, although usually we only detect one to two different genotypes at a time. It is unclear whether multiple strains have any impact on liver disease, but treatment is driven by the hardest to treat genotype in the mix. So if someone had a mix of genotypes 1 and 2 they would be treated as a 1. Lots of other reasons not to share needles like hiv.
Answered 3/5/2013
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