艾滋病又称获得性免疫缺陷综合征(简称AIDS),是近年来新发现的一种由病毒感染所引起的以破坏机体免疫系统为特征的传染性疾病。由于本病来势凶险,目前又无有效治疗方法(有人统计其死亡率在50％以上),因此引起了人们的普遍重视。现将本病的概况简述于下。 AIDS, also known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (hereinafter referred to as AIDS), is a newly discovered infectious disease caused by virus infection in the recent years to destroy the body’s immune system. As the disease is dangerous, and there is no effective treatment (some statistics of its mortality rate of 50% or more), it has attracted widespread attention. Now the general situation of the disease outlined below.