Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It was called non-A non-B hepatitis for most of the 1970s and 1980s until the hepatitis C virus was first identified in 1989. Hepatitis C is spread through blood-
to-blood contact. HCV is completely unrelated to either hepatitis A virus or hepatitis B virus. Although all three forms of hepatitis cause liver disease, the ways you can get these infections and the damage they cause are very
different.
