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Notes from the Field: HIV Infection Investigation in a Rural Area - West Virginia, 2017

Mary E Evans et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Nivedha Panneer reports stock ownership in Gilead Sciences, outside the current work. No other conflicts of interest were reported.

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Number of HIV diagnoses per month and cumulative number of diagnoses per year — 15 West Virginia counties, 2015–2017 Abbreviation: HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.
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