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Can you get hepatitis c if you bite someone with hepatitis c?

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Dr. Scott Hamstra answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Unlikely: For transmission from one person to another you have to have exposure to the virus for that to happen #1 during the biting you would have to cause bleeding #2 blood would have to make contact with you #3 that blood would have to have virus would want to know more specifics about the bite and exposure.

Answered 8/24/2017

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