A member asked:

Sometimes we touch money with dried blood on it, if these blood contain hep c virsue can it transmit? if we have skin cracks on our hands or minor cuts, or cuts with dried blood(healing process). i am doing a big research about hep c so please help.

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Unlikely: Dried blood would be unlikely to transmit any viruses - the general rule of hepatitis C transmission is 2% from a needle-stick injury from hepatitis C positive blood. It makes it a very unlikely case of transmission from this casual interaction. You may be aware that there were some cases reported of re-using needles or contaminated inkwells with hepC positive blood.

Answered 3/31/2018

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