Outbreak of recent HIV and HCV infections among persons who inject drugs

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  April 24, 2015, 11:00 (11:00 AM ET)
  
  CDCHAN-377
  
  The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a large outbreak of recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among persons who inject drugs (PWID). Many of the HIV-infected individuals in this outbreak are co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The purpose of this HAN Advisory is to alert public health departments and healthcare providers of the possibility of HIV outbreaks among PWID and to provide guidance to assist in the identification and prevention of such outbreaks.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Hepatitis C/epidemiology HIV Infections/epidemiology Substance Abuse, Intravenous
• Source:
  HAN ; 377
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana
• Pages in Document:
  5 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  377
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30591/cdc_30591_DS1.pdf
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