What is in news : World’s first affordable as well as effective new drug for hepatitis C has been registered by Malaysia.

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HEPATITIS – C

• Has very few early symptoms – difficulty in early diagnosis
• Caused by hepatitis C virus
• Can be transferred from needles that have been infected, at the time of birth (i.e. transmitted from infected mother to child), through body fluids of an infected person, having sex with multiple partners specifically with HIV-infected persons
• Does not spread through food or water
• LIVER is the infected organ