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自从1981年美国第一次发现获得性免疫缺陷综合征(Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,AIDS,又称“爱滋病”)至今已有4年余。患此病者及发生此病的地区逐年增多,有向全世界蔓延的趋势。本病的特征是患者细胞免疫功能后天性严重缺陷,尤其是辅助性T淋巴细胞耗竭,T辅助细胞/T抑制细胞(Th/Ts)比例降低,患者往往伴有严重的条件致病菌感染或卡泼西氏肉瘤(Kaposi’s Sarcoma,KS),死亡率极高,达70%以上。本文就本病研究近况进行简要综述。流行病学到1983年底就有33个国家报道了AIDS病例,
It has been more than four years since the United States first discovered Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1981. The number of people suffering from the disease and the area where the disease occurs has been increasing year by year with the trend of spreading to the whole world. The disease is characterized by severe defects in the patient’s cellular immunity, particularly with depletion of helper T lymphocytes and a reduced proportion of T helper / T-suppressor cells (Th / Ts). Patients are often associated with severe opportunistic infections or Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS), the mortality rate is extremely high, more than 70%. This article on the status of the disease a brief review. Epidemiology By the end of 1983, 33 countries reported AIDS cases,