AIDS terms

Editor's note: In the first half of 2002, the number of people with AIDS or infected with the HIV virus in China was reported to be 1 million. You may find the following terms useful in describing this shocking situation.

　　AIDS virus/HIV carriers /AIDS victim (patient)/HIV-positive 艾滋病病毒/HIV携带者/艾滋病患者/HIV阳性

　　A total of 300 HIV carriers and AIDS patients in China's Yunnan Province will benefit from a three-year clinical study programme aimed at finding a feasible way to treat the large numbers of HIV-positive patients in China. -CHINA DAILY

　　illegal plasma collection and blood transfusion/contaminated blood products 非法采血和输血/感染血制品

　　Doctors and health authorities believe that the low number of blood banks are primarily responsible for the growth of illegal blood collection and transfusion centres around the country. -HINDUSTAN TIMES

　　protected sex (sexual intercourse)/unprotected sex/ sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) 安全性行为/不安全性行为/性传染疾病

　　The police have arrested two more men on charges of having unprotected sex, although they knew they were infected with the virus that causes AIDS. -NEW YORK TIMES

　　intravenous drug abuse (addict)/abuser/injection drug user 静脉注射吸毒/静脉注射吸毒者/注射吸毒者

　　In some parts of the world, intravenous drug abuse is one of the major factors in the spread of HIV infections and the AIDS epidemic. -UNDCP.ORG

　　mother-baby transmission (mother-to-child HIV transmission) 母婴传播

　　Mother-baby transmission of HIV has been regarded as one of the main channels for the fatal AIDS disease in some developing countries. -REUTERS

　　high-risk group (behaviour)/more easily infected group 高危人群（行为）/易感人群

　　The findings do not satisfy public health officials who hope to stem the spread of the viral infection among this high-risk group, according to author Danielle C. Ompad in Maryland. -REUTERS

　　drug cocktail therapy (treatment) 鸡尾酒疗法

　　Song's condition was stabilized after receiving the "cocktail treatment" - a combination of anti-AIDS drugs that have so far proved effective in curbing, but not killing, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.