article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The number of new HIV infections in a rural Indiana county has grown, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
article_snippet.sent: The number of new HIV infections in Indiana has been ongoing since mid-December.
article_snippet.sent: As of Friday, 142 people have tested positive for HIV, with 136 confirmed cases and six more with preliminary positive test results, all in rural Scott and Jackson counties.
article_snippet.sent: Scott County, the epicenter of The number of new HIV infections in Indiana, has only one doctor who deals with infectious disease, but only one doctor who deals with infectious disease is not an HIV specialist, the State Department of Health said.
article_snippet.sent: Since The number of new HIV infections in Indiana was first noticed in mid-December, Indiana has tried to flood the area with additional resources.
article_snippet.sent: Indiana has sent health volunteers to provide a clinic, open once a week to help treat people and test people for The number of new HIV infections in Indiana.
article_snippet.sent: It's no coincidence that many of the cases of the newly infected there are younger people "who weren't around in the '80s and '90s when The number of new HIV infections in Indiana was at its peak," Dr. Jonathan Mermin said.
article_snippet.sent: In the 1980s, doctors were seeing an average of 35,000 new HIV infections among IV drug users, and that figure has been down 90% nationally, Dr. Jonathan Mermin said.
article_snippet.sent: This is a powerful reminder" that HIV and other infectious diseases "can gain ground at any time, unless you remain vigilant.
highlights_snippet.sent: The number of new HIV infections in Indiana has grown to 142 cases .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Public health officials urge vigilance to stop The number of new HIV infections in Indiana from gaining ground .