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Hepatitis c on my shoes?

sorry for my English. I was walking through a dangerous place when I came across a path of fresh blood, which I have surely walked on. I walked 800 meters (2624 feet) to my house and walked in with my shoes. I walked through the house, and people who live with me also walked there. is there any risk of contaminating the floor with hepatitis c?
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683231 tn?1467323017
Hepatitis c is a blood borne virus.

It must enter the blood stream in order to be transmitted.

Hepatitis c is not easily transmitted.

No extra measures would be needed to clean your home. There is no special risk from walking outside and into your home even if you really did walk through blood and that blood was contaminated with hepatitis c which by the way is very unlikely.
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