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<i>Notes from the Field:</i> HIV Diagnoses Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Northeastern Massachusetts, 2015–2018
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Opioid EpidemicNortheastern MassachusettsSubstance UseDrug PolicyPopulation Health SciencesDrug TreatmentHarm ReductionHiv/aids CounsellingClinical EpidemiologyAddiction MedicineDrug OverdosePublic HealthHealth Services ResearchDrug ToxicityHealth SciencesMultiple IntroductionsHivEpidemiologySubstance AbuseSexual HealthTreatment And PreventionAddictionForensic ToxicologyOpioid OverdoseMedicineOpioid Use DisorderOpioid Overdose Deaths
Opioid overdose deaths have increased rapidly in northeastern Massachusetts since 2013, with postmortem fentanyl detection increasing statewide. Molecular data indicate multiple introductions of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among persons who inject drugs as well as recent and rapid transmission in the context of some longstanding HIV infections.
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