Clumeck N
Département de Médecine interne de l'Hôpital Saint-Pierre, Université libre de Bruxelles.
Bull Mem Acad R Med Belg. 1990;145(3-4):209-15; discussion 215-9.
HIV epidemic is still expanding all over the world. Heterosexual transmission into the general population is of particular concern mostly in Africa and Western countries. So far, pathogenesis of the syndrome is best explained by the likely role of co-factors that interfere with the latency phase of the virus. In this setting early treatment by specific antiviral therapy such as zidovudine, will probably slow down the evolution of HIV infection.
艾滋病病毒（HIV）疫情仍在全球范围内蔓延。异性传播在普通人群中尤为令人担忧，这一情况主要发生在非洲和西方国家。到目前为止，该综合征的发病机制最能通过干扰病毒潜伏期的辅助因素的可能作用来解释。在这种情况下，通过齐多夫定等特定抗病毒疗法进行早期治疗，可能会减缓HIV感染的发展。
