Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Heterosexual Persons Who Are Living Homeless and Inject Drugs - Seattle, Washington, 2018

Although diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among persons who inject drugs in the United States are declining, an HIV outbreak among such persons in rural Indiana demonstrated that population's vulnerability to HIV infection. In 2018, disease investigation and molecular H...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2019, Vol.68 (15), p.344-349
Main Authors: Golden, Matthew R, Lechtenberg, Richard, Glick, Sara N, Dombrowski, Julie, Duchin, Jeff, Reuer, Jennifer R, Dhanireddy, Shireesha, Neme, Santiago, Buskin, Susan E
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Disease prevention
Drugs
Epidemics
HIV
Homeless people
Homelessness
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Outbreaks
Viruses
Womens health
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Summary:Although diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among persons who inject drugs in the United States are declining, an HIV outbreak among such persons in rural Indiana demonstrated that population's vulnerability to HIV infection. In 2018, disease investigation and molecular HIV surveillance in Seattle, Washington, identified 14 related HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals who were living homeless, most of whom injected drugs. From 2017 to mid-November 2018, the number of HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals in King County, Washington, who inject drugs increased 286%. Persons who inject drugs, particularly those living homeless, remain vulnerable to outbreaks of HIV infection, even in cities with large HIV prevention programs and shrinking HIV epidemics.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X