Sandbox/HIV
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| ' | HBV is spread through the blood, semen, or other body fluid of a person infected with HBV. Having unprotected sex or sharing drug injection equipment (such as needles or syringes) with a person infected with HBV are the main ways people get HBV. (To prevent HBV infection, people infected with HIV receive the HBV vaccination.) | ' | |
| ' | HCV is spread through the blood of a person infected with HCV. Sharing drug injection equipment with a person infected with HCV is the main way people get HCV, butHCV can also be transmitted during unprotected sex. (Before widespread screening of the blood supply began in 1992, HCV was also commonly spread through blood transfusions and organ transplants.) | ' | |
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