Increase In Hepatitis C Diagnoses For 2008, UK

Figures from the agency’s yearly report on Hepatitis C for 2009 show that laboratory reporting of newly diagnosed hepatitis C infections in England increased in 2008 by 6% compared to 2007, with 8,196 new cases reported in 2008. Hepatitis C is a viral infection which causes swelling or inflammation of the liver. It is transmitted when the blood of an infected person mixes with a recipient’s blood, such as via injecting drug use and the sharing of needles…

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