<i>Notes from the Field:</i> Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Cabell County, West Virginia, 2018–2019
Amy Atkins, R. Paul McClung, Michael E. Kilkenny, Kyle Bernstein, Kara S. Willenburg, Anita Edwards, Sheryl Lyss, Erica D. Thomasson, Nivedha Panneer, Nathan Kirk, Meg Watson, Elizabeth Adkins, Elizabeth DiNenno, Vicki Hogan, Robyn Neblett Fanfair, Kathleen Napier, Alison Ridpath, Michelle Perdue, Mi Chen, Tamara Surtees, Senad Handanagić, Heather Wood, Daphne Kennebrew, Caitlin Cohn, Samira Sami, Scott Eubank, Nathan W. Furukawa, Bridget Rose, Antoine Thompson, Lauren J. Spadafora, Carolyn Wright, Shawn Balleydier, Dawn Broussard, Pam Reynolds, Neal Carnes, Nils Haynes, Tobey Sapiano, Shannon McBee, Ellsworth M. Campbell, Samantha Batdorf, Melissa Scott, Miracle Boltz, David Wills, Alexandra M. Oster
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.