Tennessee’s In-state Vulnerability Assessment for a “Rapid Dissemination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Hepatitis C Virus Infection” Event Utilizing Data About the Opioid Epidemic
Author(s) -
Michael Rickles,
Peter F. Rebeiro,
Lindsey Sizemore,
Paul D. Juárez,
Mitchell L. Mutter,
C. William Wester,
Melissa L McPheeters
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix1079
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , public health , environmental health , epidemiology , psychological intervention , virology , psychiatry , nursing
Knowing which factors contribute to county-level vulnerability to a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) outbreak, and which counties are most vulnerable, guides public health and clinical interventions. We therefore examined the impact of locally available indicators related to the opioid epidemic on prior national models of HIV/HCV outbreak vulnerability.
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