Hepatitis C: Risk Factors & Who Is Most Vulnerable

* People who inject drugs, even once

* People who share needles or other drug paraphernalia

* People who got a tattoo or piercing with unsterile equipment

* People who got a blood transfusion or organ transplant before July 1992

* People born to a mother with hepatitis C

* People who have sex with someone who has hepatitis C

* People with HIV

* People who live with someone who has hepatitis C

* People who were born in countries where hepatitis C is common

* People who have ever had sex in exchange for money or drugs