Hermez Joumana, Khattabi Hamida, Sabry Ahmed, Riedner Gabriele, Hajjeh Rana
Department of Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control (DCD), WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
East Mediterr Health J. 2017 Dec 14;23(10):647-648. doi: 10.26719/2017.23.10.647.
In the era prior to antiretroviral therapy (ART), taking an HIV test was associated with great fear, as a diagnosis of HIV infection signaled imminent death. As we mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 2017, it is worth reflecting on the success over the last two decades whereby treatment for HIV infection has become safer, more effective and simpler as new regimens with fixed combinations of antiretroviral drugs have become available (ARV). The use of ARVs has equally revolutionized HIV prevention beyond condom use, syringe exchange and screening of transfusion blood and transplant organs. ART suppresses viral replication, reduces viral load and thus minimizes the possibility of HIV transmission.
在抗逆转录病毒疗法（ART）出现之前的时代，进行HIV检测会引发巨大恐惧，因为HIV感染诊断意味着临近死亡。当我们在2017年12月1日纪念世界艾滋病日时，值得回顾过去二十年取得的成功，随着抗逆转录病毒药物固定组合的新方案问世，HIV感染治疗变得更安全、更有效且更简便（抗逆转录病毒药物，ARV）。抗逆转录病毒药物的使用同样在避孕套使用、注射器交换以及输血和移植器官筛查之外，给HIV预防带来了变革。抗逆转录病毒疗法抑制病毒复制，降低病毒载量，从而将HIV传播的可能性降至最低。
