Hepatitis Diagnosis kit

Hepatitis C is a viral infection that mainly affects the liver. The causative agentof this disease is a type of virus, which is a member of the Hepavirus genus in the Flaviviridae family. This virus has several main genotypes; usually genotype 1 is the cause of the disease in seventy percent of cases. Most people infected with this virus do not have any clinical symptoms, but chronic infection causes liver fibrosis and leads to liver cirrhosis after a few years.People usually get hepatitis C through blood contact caused by intravenous drug injections, unsterilized medical equipment, and blood transfusions.