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Touched someone with hep c don't know if any blood on her hands, touched my belt and pants, touched them again before going toilet blood when wiped hep c?
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You're ok: Hep c is transmitted by blood exposure-to your bloodstream, e.g. Shooting drugs, snorting drugs, at childbirth, rarely from sexual exposure, blood transfusions (blood supply in us tested since early 1990s).
Answered 6/18/2013
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