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Is another safe protection than condoms?
 
 
Dear Dr. Chung,
 
 
 
I am a male 27 year old hep-c non-responder from Germany. My genotype is 1a. I heard that a sexual transmission can be made impossible with a periodic "immun globulin" treatment. I am living in a solid relationship and I wonder if there is another safe protection than condoms. Thak You for Your answer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Dr Chung Writes-  
 
 
Unfortunately the immune globulin is not uniformly protective, and is not licensed in the US for any postexposure purposes for HCV. I would recommend continuing your current practices, although it should be reassuring for you to know that the risk of sexual transmission of HCV is quite low (<5% in the great majority of studies) even in the absence of these practices.
 
 
  Dr. Chung      
 
 
 
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