voamsyy 2016 南非将开始HIV疫苗试验

AIDS Vaccine¹ Testing Taking Place in South Africa 南非将开始HIV疫苗试验

A new clinical trial is taking place in South Africa on an experimental vaccine that could safely prevent infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

一种新的预防HIV的疫苗将在南非投入临床试验，这种疫苗有可能安全地预防造成艾滋病的HIV病毒的感染。

According to a statement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the HVTN 702 is the largest and most advanced HIV vaccine clinical trial to take place in South Africa, where some 7 million people are living with the virus.

根据美国国立卫生研究院的声明，HVTN 702 是迄今在南非进行的最大规模、最先进的HIV疫苗临床试验。南非有大约7百万人携带HIV病毒。

The director of the National Institute of Allergy² and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is part of the NIH, Anthony S. Fauci said the new study is based on the one conducted in Thailand led by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program and the Thai Ministry³ of Health.

美国国立卫生研究院下属的国家过敏和传染病研究院院长安东尼?福奇表示，这项新研究是根据美国军方艾滋病毒研究项目和泰国卫生部先前在泰国进行的一项研究而制定的。

The study is expected to enroll⁴ 5,400 sexually active men and women between 18 and 35 at 15 sites across South Africa where more than 1,000 people a day are infected with HIV.

这次试验准备从南非的15个地点招收5400名18到35岁有性行为的男性和女性。在南非，每天感染HIV病毒的新患者超过1000人。

Results of the clinical trial are expected in 2020.

这次临床试验结果预计将于2020年公布。

1 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

2 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
• The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 enroll   

v.招收；登记；入学；参军；成为会员（英)enrol

参考例句：

• I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
• They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。