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MMWR Early Release
Vol. 64, Early Release
April 24, 2015 |
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Community Outbreak of HIV Infection Linked to Injection Drug Use of Oxymorphone — Indiana, 2015
Caitlin Conrad, Heather M. Bradley, Dita Broz, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64(Early Release):1-2
On January 23, 2015, the Indiana State Department of Health began an ongoing investigation of an HIV outbreak, after Indiana disease intervention specialists reported 11 confirmed HIV cases traced to a rural county in southeastern Indiana. The majority of cases were in residents of the same community and were linked to syringe-sharing partners injecting the prescription opioid oxymorphone. As of April 21, HIV infection had been diagnosed in 135 persons in a community of 4,200. |
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