Hepatitis C virus infection becomes chronic in approximately 75%–85% of cases. In 2014, a total of 2,194 cases of acute hepatitis C were reported to CDC from 40 states. The overall incidence rate for 2014 was 0.7 cases per 100,000 population, an increase from 2010–2012 Hepatitis C virus exploit many of the host cell’s proteins and molecules in order to reproduce
