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Unnamed village in Bristol Bay region sees HIV outbreak
Author: Dave Bendinger, KDLG
Updated: 4 hours ago Published 5 hours ago
DILLINGHAM ? Alaska health officials have reported an outbreak of five new HIV cases in a Bristol Bay area village in 2016.
The cluster began with one individual who tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS in February 2016, officials wrote in a state epidemiology bulletin. Two more were reported in October and November, and two additional people tested positive as officials began investigating.
Officials identified the village only as "Community A" in the epidemiology report, but confirmed to KDLG that it was in the Bristol Bay area...
Unnamed village in Bristol Bay region sees HIV outbreak
Author: Dave Bendinger, KDLG
Updated: 4 hours ago Published 5 hours ago
DILLINGHAM ? Alaska health officials have reported an outbreak of five new HIV cases in a Bristol Bay area village in 2016.
The cluster began with one individual who tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS in February 2016, officials wrote in a state epidemiology bulletin. Two more were reported in October and November, and two additional people tested positive as officials began investigating.
Officials identified the village only as "Community A" in the epidemiology report, but confirmed to KDLG that it was in the Bristol Bay area...