Acute HIV infections are discovered in Charlotte. Program that uncovered outbreak to lose funding.
North Carolina investigators found evidence earlier this year of an HIV outbreak among white men who have sex with men in the Charlotte area. The cluster of cases in Mecklenberg County was associated with MSM who use crystal methamphetamine and found sexual partners via the Internet.
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