Mhalu F S
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
East Afr Med J. 1990 Jul;67(7):512-7.
The HIV is a typical sexually transmitted disease (STD) agent which depends for its transmission through sex on contact between raw body tissues of infected and uninfected individuals independent of sexual inclination. The dynamics of HIV transmission and its control in a community can be inferred from studying the socio-cultural and epidemiological aspects of acute STD. There is strong evidence to suggest that the main cause of rampant heterosexual transmission of the HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in contrast to the rarer heterosexual HIV transmission in Europe and the USA is the high prevalence of ulcerative STD in Africa. Studying the trend and response to treatment of conventional acute STD are quick and indirect ways of assessing the impact of control measures against AIDS and HIV infection in an HIV endemic area. Further research is needed to determine the extent and detailed mechanism of interaction between HIV infection and other STDs as well as studying the efficacy of AIDS control through control of other STDs.
人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）是一种典型的性传播疾病病原体，其通过性行为传播依赖于受感染个体与未受感染个体的原始身体组织之间的接触，与性取向无关。通过研究急性性传播疾病的社会文化和流行病学方面，可以推断出HIV在社区中的传播动态及其控制情况。有充分证据表明，与欧洲和美国较少见的异性传播HIV相比，撒哈拉以南非洲地区HIV异性传播猖獗的主要原因是非洲溃疡性性传播疾病的高流行率。研究传统急性性传播疾病的趋势和治疗反应是评估HIV流行地区艾滋病和HIV感染控制措施影响的快速且间接的方法。需要进一步研究以确定HIV感染与其他性传播疾病之间相互作用的程度和详细机制，以及通过控制其他性传播疾病来研究艾滋病控制的效果。
