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Taking the mystery out of hepatitis C testing for patients

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a helpful patient handout about hepatitis C. “Hepatitis C: Information on testing and diagnosis,” which is available at https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HCV/PDFs/HepCTesting-Diagnosis.pdf, explains how hepatitis C is spread, who should get tested for it, why it is important to get tested, and how test results are interpreted.