People infected with hepatitis C virus often show no symptoms initially, but long term effects can include liver damage (cirrhosis and liver cancer). The virus is transmitted mainly through contact with the blood of an infected person. No vaccine exists to prevent hepatitis C infection, but treatments are available that are effective in over 50% of cases.

Early symptoms of the hepatitis B virus are flu-like, and infection can lead to liver disease and liver cancer. The virus circulates in the blood and body fluids of infected people, and spreads by sexual contact, other close contact. There are at least five types of hepatitis caused by different hepatitis viruses. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C are the most common types found. Hepatitis A is caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B, is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV, HBsAg, Anti-HBs, HBeAg, Anti-HBe and Anti HBc), and hepatitis C is caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV).

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