Hepatitis C Virus
Hepatitis C Testing Recommended for Anyone with a Tattoo
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 5th, 2007
The connection between tattoos and hepatitis C virus (HCV) has long been suspected but never completely substantiated. Tattoos and the connection to the disease were clouded by a perceived propensity to other risk factors, such as injection drug use. "Other studies did not exclude patients with other risk factors for hepatitis C," explains principal investigator Dr. Edmund Bini, "which made it difficult to assess the association between HCV and tattoos. The strength of that association surprised us."
Researchers in New York studied 3871 people, approximately half of whom were control subjects. Patients with HCV were more likely to have had one or more tattoos, and this...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-11-05)
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