article_snippet: (CNN)Indiana is declaring a public health emergency in one county due to an epidemic of HIV.
article_snippet: Gov. Mike Pence issued the order Thursday for Scott County, which has 79 confirmed cases of HIV since mid-December.
article_snippet: one county averages about five new cases a year.
article_snippet: one county is facing an epidemic of HIV, but this is not a one county problem; this is an Indiana problem,"  Pence said in a news release.
article_snippet: All the cases in the current outbreak are linked to injection drug use, primarily of the prescription opioid opana.
article_snippet: HIV can take up to three months to appear in a person's system after HIV are infected.
article_snippet: Health officials recommend people who have participated in risky behavior, such as needle sharing and unprotected sex, to be tested for HIV now and again in three months.
highlights_snippet: Seventy nine cases of HIV have been confirmed in Scott County, Indiana .
  
highlights_snippet: Seventy nine cases of HIV are linked to intravenous drug use .