Notes From the Field: HIV Outbreak During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Kanawha County, West Virginia, 2019–2021

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• Journal Article:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
• Personal Author:
  Hershow, Rebecca B. ; Wilson, Suzanne ; Bonacci, Robert A. ; Deutsch-Feldman, Molly ; Russell, Olivia O. ; Young, Sherri ; McBee, Shannon ; Thomasson, Erica ; Balleydier, Shawn ; Boltz, Miracle ; Hogan, Vicki ; Atkins, Amy ; Worthington, Nancy ; McDonald, Robert ; Adams, Monica ; Moorman, Anne ; Bixler, Danae ; Kowalewski, Stephen ; Salmon, Melinda ; McClung, R. Paul ; Oster, Alexandra M. ; Curran, Kathryn G.
• Description:
  During October 2019, the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health (WVBPH) noted that an increasing number of persons who inject drugs (PWID) in Kanawha County received a Diagnosis of HIV. The number of HIV diagnoses among PWID increased from less than five annually during 2016-2018 to 11 during January-October 2019 (Figure). Kanawha County (with an approximate population of 180,000*) has high rates of opioid use disorder and overdose deaths, which have been increasing since 2016,| and the county is located near Cabell County, which experienced an HIV outbreak among PWID during 2018-2019 (1,2). In response to the increase in HIV diagnoses among PWID in 2019, WVBPH released a Health Advisory|; and WVBPH and Kanawha-Charleston Health Department (KCHD) convened an HIV task force, conducted care coordination meetings, received CDC remote assistance to support response activities, and expanded HIV tTesting and outreach.
• Subjects:
  Adult COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Drug Users Female HIV Infections/Epidemiology Humans Male Pandemics Substance Abuse, Intravenous
• Source:
  MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2022; v. 71, no. 2
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/MMWRmm7102a4
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  35025854
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8757623
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Notes from the Field
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia
• Pages in Document:
  p. 66-68
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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