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If there is no blood present, can hepatitis b or c still be present? like, if someone infected were to bleed and bled on a counter. once the blood w
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Unlikely: Anything is possible, but generally when the blood dries thoroughly or is wiped up the virus is no longer present in a viable form and cannot be transmitted.
Answered 4/1/2013
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