Salk J
Nature. 1987;327(6122):473-6. doi: 10.1038/327473a0.
The long incubation period between infection and the development of clinical AIDS may be due to an immune response to the initial infection which persists with health and wanes with disease. If this response can be boosted, it may be possible to reduce the viral burden, prevent the development of disease and reduce contagiousness.
感染与临床艾滋病发展之间的漫长潜伏期可能是由于对初始感染的免疫反应,这种反应在健康状态下持续存在,而在患病时减弱。如果这种反应能够增强,就有可能降低病毒载量、预防疾病发展并降低传染性。