艾滋病是由于感染人体免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)使机体免疫功能遭到破坏,导致各种并发症和机会性感染,使众多组织器官受累出现相应的综合征。呼吸道感染是艾滋病人经常发生的感染之一,咳嗽是最常见的症状,大多迁延不愈、反复发作,成为艾滋病人的重要死因。因此,艾滋病咳嗽的研究亦是一个不容忽视的问题。 AIDS is due to infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to destroy the body’s immune function, leading to a variety of complications and opportunistic infections, so that many tissues and organs involved in the emergence of the corresponding syndrome. Respiratory tract infection is one of the frequent infections among AIDS patients. Cough is the most common symptom. Most of the symptoms are persistent and recurrent and become the important cause of death of AIDS patients. Therefore, the study of AIDS cough is also a problem that can not be ignored.