2009年6月27日是国家艾滋病毒检测日,它的重要性已经成为一个共识,据估计有五分之一的美国人感染了艾滋病毒但却不知道他们已经被感染了.已接受艾滋病毒检测的美国人,其中超过三分之一的人直到他们确诊为艾滋病才意识到他们的健康状况,但这时已经错过了用抗逆转录病毒疗法治疗艾滋病的最佳时机.
    一个人如果不知道他的艾滋病毒状况就会危及其健康和他的性伴侣的健康,通过病毒检测,就可以了解一个人的艾滋病毒感染状况,从而开始早期治疗,从而大大延迟了艾滋病毒相关疾病的发生,也大大延长了寿命.
    做为美国国立卫生研究院一部分的国家过敏和传染病研究协会（ NIAID）敦促年龄在13至64岁的人每年进行艾滋病毒检查,作为日常保健的一部分,这也是此协会对于疾病控制和防治的忠告.艾滋病毒感染的高风险人群,如静脉吸毒者,同性恋和双性恋男子,双性恋男子的女性伴侣,和多性伴侣者,应该每年至少检验一次.

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【Abstract】
  National HIV Testing Day
  June 27, 2009 The importance of National HIV Testing Day becomes clear when one recognizes that an estimated one-fifth of all Americans infected with HIV do not know they are infected.1 Among Americans who have been tested for the virus, more than one-third of those who learned they are infected became aware of their status less than a year before being diagnosed with AIDS—long after the optimal time to begin antiretroviral therapy. 2
  Not knowing one’s HIV status endangers one’s health and the health of one’s sexual partners. By getting tested for the virus and learning one’s HIV status soon after infection, treatment can begin early, substantially delaying the development of HIV-related illness and prolonging life.
  The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, urges everyone ages 13 to 64 to get tested for HIV as part of their routine health care, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends. People at high risk for HIV infection—such as injection drug users, gay and bisexual men, female partners of bisexual men, and people with multiple sexual partners—should get tested at least once a year. Not knowing one’s HIV status endangers one’s health and the health of one’s sexual partners. By getting tested for the virus and learning one’s HIV status soon after infection, treatment can begin early, substantially delaying the development of HIV-related illness and prolonging life.
  原文链接"A key step for the future will be to identify the cellular pathways that are affected by these cyclic peptide原: http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2009/HIV_Testing_09.htm

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