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Patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) face significant hepatitis C–associated morbidity and mortality related to complications from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. 75% of patients with hepatitis C were born during 1945–1965. Up to 85% of them are asymptomatic, and at least 50% of them have normal liver function tests. Newer therapies can halt disease progression and cure most patients infected with hepatitis C. The CDC recommends that all adults born during 1945–1965 receive one‐time testing for the hepatitis C anti‐HCV antibody for screening.³⁴