<i>Notes from the Field:</i> Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Cabell County, West Virginia, 2018–2019

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Authors

Amy Atkins · West Virginia State Department of Health and Human Resources

R. Paul McClung · National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD

Michael E. Kilkenny · Cabell Huntington Hospital

Kyle Bernstein · National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD

Kara S. Willenburg · Marshall University

Anita Edwards · United States Department of Health and Human Services

Sheryl Lyss

Abstract

A recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreak among people who inject drugs in Cabell County, West Virginia, underscores the importance of HIV prevention, diagnosis, and care in communities with high rates of substance use disorder.

Topics & Keywords

HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV Research and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volume 69, Issue 16, pp. 499-500

DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6916a2

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