Community Outbreak of HIV Infection Linked to Injection Drug Use of Oxymorphone — Indiana, 2015

Community Outbreak of HIV Infection Linked to Injection Drug Use of Oxymorphone — Indiana, 2015

MMWR Early Release Vol. 64, Early Release April 24, 2015

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Community Outbreak of HIV Infection Linked to Injection Drug Use of Oxymorphone — Indiana, 2015 
Caitlin Conrad, Heather M. Bradley, Dita Broz, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64(Early Release):1-2 

On January 23, 2015, the Indiana State Department of Health began an ongoing investigation of an HIV outbreak, after Indiana disease intervention specialists reported 11 confirmed HIV cases traced to a rural county in southeastern Indiana. The majority of cases were in residents of the same community and were linked to syringe-sharing partners injecting the prescription opioid oxymorphone. As of April 21, HIV infection had been diagnosed in 135 persons in a community of 4,200.