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Transmission<br />

• Acquired and passed from person to person<br />

• when infected blood, semen or vaginal secretions<br />

come in contact with uninfected person’s broken skin<br />

or mucous membranes<br />

• Groups most at risk in descending order<br />

• homosexuals<br />

• intravenous drug users<br />

• heterosexuals with drug users and prostitutes<br />

• children of infected mothers and breast-fed infants<br />

• transfusion patients and transplant recipients

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