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就在人们以为自己看到了艾滋病治愈的黎明时,病毒的卷土重来让科学家们倍感受挫。如果是一年前,这个消息还可能会被惊呼为重大突破。近日召开的第20届国际艾滋病大会上,澳大利亚悉尼Kirby感染与免疫研究所的免疫学家John Zaunders报告称,一名曾于1981年因输血传染艾滋病病毒(HIV)的澳大利亚男子,可能自然地“清除了”体内的HIV病毒。如果这一报告属实,那么这名澳籍男子就会成为治愈HIV感染的第二人。
Just as people thought they saw the dawn of AIDS cure, the comeback of the virus made scientists feel frustrated. If it was a year ago, this news may also be exclaimed as a major breakthrough. At the 20th International AIDS Conference recently, John Zaunders, an immunologist at the Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Sydney, Australia, reported that an Australian man who had been infected with HIV due to blood transfusions in 1981 may have naturally “Clear” the body of the HIV virus. If this report is true, then the Australian man will become the second person to cure HIV infection.