Hepatitis C is a blood-borne infectious disease, which affects liver. The numbers of people infected by hepatitis C rise quickly, but not all people are familiar with information about the ways of transmitting this disease.

The ICM poll, which interviewed 1,457 people older than 18 years, between January 9th and 11th 2009, has shown that nearly one in six people thought the virus was transmitted through contaminated food or water, but less than one third of people knew that hepatitis C is passed from person to person by sharing needles, or by using unsterile tattoo, piercing or acupuncture needles.

About a quarter of respondents did not know that hepatitis C can be passed at all. It is really worrying to see the public still believe so many myths around hepatitis C.

Mr Gore welcomed a new Department of Health campaign, which is being launched to increase awareness of Hepatitis C virus.

It is very important that the disease should be diagnosed at once: this improves patient’s chances for treatment. It was estimated that not less than 100,000 people in UK don’t know that they are infected. No vaccine against hepatitis C is available.

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