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Have you had a blood transfusion or organ transplant?

From Charles Daniel, About.com

Updated March 23, 2009

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If this was before July 1992, then you need to be tested for hepatitis C. Before this date, the hepatitis C virus wasn't yet isolated and no test existed to detect it. This means that blood and organs could have been infected with the hepatitis C virus even though they were tested for other viruses like HIV and hepatitis B.
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