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Awareness

Hepatitis C is the most common, chronic, blood- borne viral infection in the United States.

• An estimated 5 million people in the U.S. (1 in 50) have been infected with the hepatitis C virus.

The hepatitis C epidemic is global.

• At least 3% of the world's population (over 170 million persons) are infected with the hepatitis C virus.

Most people with hepatitis C do not know they have it.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 2/3 of infected Americans are unaware of their status.

CAP-Hepatitis C is committed to the goal that everyone who has hepatitis C is properly diagnosed.

Know your hepatitis C status!

Click here to learn more about potential sources of exposure to hepatitis C.

The only way to know for sure whether you have hepatitis C is to be tested.

• If there is a possibility you have been exposed to hepatitis C, get tested.

Visit the HCV Testing Site Locator to find an HCV screening site near you, or visit your doctor.

No one is immune to hepatitis C.

Get the facts.
Together we can beat hepatitis C.