The answer is the liver. Hepatitis is a bloodborne virus, and the liver is the organ it attacks.
It's one of the bloodborne pathogens barbers train around, right alongside HIV. That's exactly why any nick or cut gets treated seriously — proper blade and clipper sanitation between clients isn't a formality, it's what keeps bloodborne viruses like hepatitis from spreading shop to shop.
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