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Hepatitis C is the most common blood borne infection in the United States. And it's the leading cause of liver transplants. About three million people are walking around with the virus and according to the Centers for Disease Control, most of them are completely unaware that they are infected.

Hepatitis C often hides in the body for two or more decades before it becomes life threatening. And it is very unpredictable. Only one out of four people with a chronic infection is likely to develop the most serious liver diseases.

New Hampshire Public Radio has found evidence of a building wave of Hepatitis C hitting the state's health care system. But unlike many other infectious disease, the state does not track Hepatitis C and does not require doctors to report when they find patients who carry it.

NHPR's Jon Greenberg has more.

Complete table of NH hospital charge trends

NIH Fact Sheet on Hepatitis C

Vietnam Veterans and Hepatitis C

News and Information from HCVAdvocate.org