Internal medicine

Surgery

Paleontology

Virology

Receptor

Opioid epidemic

Context (archaeology)

Opioid

Fentanyl

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Family medicine

Medicine

Biology

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

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.

<i>Notes from the Field:</i> HIV Diagnoses Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Northeastern Massachusetts, 2015–2018

Notes from the Field: HIV Diagnoses Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Northeastern Massachusetts, 2015–2018