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Can there be a way to know if you are immune to hepatitis c?

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Never truly immune: About 25% of people exposed to hepatitis c will develop antibodies but their RNA pcr test will be negative because their immune system spontaneously cleared it. However, if these people get exposed again, they might develop chronic infection. So there is no true immunity against chronic infection.

Answered 6/10/2014

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