High transmission of the disease is reported with the injecting drug users who resort to action like injecting the contaminated needles intravenously and through the skin. In Baltimore and Maryland of the US, a percentage of around 30. 3% of the incidents of the disease can be attributed to the injecting drug use. In studies with the people of Belgium, Pakistan, and Thailand, around 40% of the cases were found containing the antibodies for Hepatitis C, while it is only 4% for HIV.
Thus the intravenous drug use plays an important role in the transmission of the disease. Blood transfusions: An important factor that plays a major role in the transmission of the disease is the transfusion of the contaminated blood. However, with the improvements in the methods of the screening the blood there is a reduction in the percentage incidence of the disease.
Even though there is a reduction in the percentage incidence of the disease by this way, the prevalence of disease is tem times higher in developing countries when compared with the developed countries. Sexual activity: It is not clear whether the disease spreads through the sexual activity or not as there are very few available reports on this matter. There is a chance of transmission of the disease through the high risk groups such as the injecting drug users.