获得性免疫缺陷综合征(Aquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome简称AIDS,故译为“爱滋病”)是近年在美国首次发现的一种新的疾病。其特征为出现明显的细胞免疫缺陷、易于发生条件致病菌感染和罕见的恶性肿瘤。目前世界六大洲均有AIDS病例,全世界已发生20,000多例。1985年6月北京协和医院亦曾收治过1名患AIDS的美国旅游者,我国台湾于今年二月首次证实1例台北籍病人死于AIDS病。本病潜伏期长、传播快、病死率高,现已引起世界医学界 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Aquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome referred to as AIDS, it is translated as “AIDS”) is the first time in the United States in recent years, a new disease. It is characterized by significant cellular immunodeficiency, susceptible to opportunistic pathogen infections and rare malignancies. At present, there are AIDS cases in six continents all over the world and more than 20,000 cases have occurred in the world. In June 1985, Peking Union Medical College Hospital had also admitted one American traveler who suffered from AIDS. Taiwan in Taiwan confirmed for the first time in February this year that one case of Taipei native patient died of AIDS. The long incubation period of the disease, spread fast, high fatality rate, has now caused the world medical community