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Hepatitis C Statistics. SHARE. RATEâââââ. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common bloodborne infection in the US. An estimated 4.1 million people in the US are infected with HCV (1.6% of the population), of whom 3.2 million have chronic infection.1,2 HCV infection can be asymptomatic, so it is possible to have HCV and not know it.
Since 1972, the blood supply has been screened for Hepatitis B in the U.S., making the risk of transfusion-transmitted HBV extremely rare. Hepatitis C virus. Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease caused by the Hepatitis C virus (HBV). Hepatitis C is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States.