Hepatitis C is a major disease with its significant percentage of epidemiology around the globe and the people of the world are somewhat ignorant on the nature and spread of the disease. The inhibiting factor to take a comprehensive study about the disease is its asymptomatic nature in its acute stages. A variety of social and cultural factors contribute to the prevalence of the disease. The factors for the transmission of the disease in the developed countries include injecting drug use, unsafe sex, transfusion of the blood that is unscreened for the diseases and the practices like tattooing and ear piercing.
Repeated use of the contaminated syringes, surgical and dental procedures with the contaminated medical equipment, certain religious and cultural factors play a major role in the transmission of the disease. The percentage prevalence of the disease is more in the developed nations in comparison to the developing nations of the world. it is important to have knowledge on the nature and mode of the transmission of the disease as this plays an important role in the increasing prevalence of the disease.
There is a direct relationship between the epidemiology of the disease and the socio-cultural factors Sociological and cultural factors contribute greatly to the transmission of the disease and a comprehensive study of these factors helps in controlling the transmission of the disease. The present paper discusses on the medical anthropological aspects of the nature and transmission of the disease and the influence of the social and cultural factors on the epidemiology of the disease.