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MMWR: Injection Practices and Sexual Behaviors Among People Living with HIV Who Inject Drugs

Posted on August 02, 2019

Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) titled Injection Practices and Sexual Behaviors Among Persons with Diagnosed HIV Infection Who Inject Drugs in the United States, 2015–2017. Approximately 10% of HIV-positive people who inject drugs (PWID) engaged in distributive injection equipment sharing; nonsterile syringe acquisition […]

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