1.   Barbara Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the CDC, said that the agency did not track hepatitis C infections in connection with endoscopic exams.

2.   Granted, his liver cancer probably resulted from the hepatitis C infection he acquired from a blood transfusion years ago.

3.   Hepatitis C infection causes jaundice, flu-like symptoms, and can damage the liver.

4.   Hepatitis C infection is spread person-to-person, mainly through blood or blood products.

5.   Hepatitis C infections are multiplying in prisons beyond the United States.

6.   Still, any examination of hepatitis C infection rates among minorities can be a sensitive matter.

7.   The number of deaths so alarmed him that in June he asked two local laboratories to begin sending him positive test results for hepatitis C infections.

8.   Their experience shows how serious hepatitis C infections can be.

9.   A combination of two virus-fighting drugs has proved considerably more effective against chronic hepatitis C infections than the standard single medicine.

10.   Hepatitis C infection is even higher among intravenous drug users, blood-transfused patients, and those with chronic liver disease.