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Easy-to-read and illustrated information for gay men living with HIV, giving basic information on how hepatitis C is passed on during sex.

Hepatitis C can be passed on during sex that could lead to contact with semen, rectal mucus or blood.

Many gay men with HIV have picked up hepatitis C during sex. Some HIV-negative men have got it too.

During sex, you may have contact with traces of blood or rectal mucus without noticing.

Heterosexual people rarely pick up hepatitis C during sex.

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Roger Pebody

Roger Pebody

Commissioning Editor

Roger joined aidsmap in 2008 and was Managing Editor from 2018 to 2024. As a freelancer, he now edits aidsmap’s news and conference coverage, as well as working on updates to About HIV pages. He is also a contributing science editor for TheBodyPro, a freelance journalist for The Lancet HIV, and a medical writer helping researchers prepare articles for peer-reviewed journals. He began working on HIV at Gay Men Fighting AIDS in the mid-1990s.

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