南非將開始HIV疫苗試驗

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.

一種新的預防HIV的疫苗將在南非投入臨牀試驗，這種疫苗有可能安全地預防造成艾滋病的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.

根據美國國立衛生研究院的聲明，HVTN 702 是迄今在南非進行的最大規模、最先進的HIV疫苗臨牀試驗。南非有大約7百萬人攜帶HIV病毒。

The director of the National Institute of Allergy 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 Ministry of Health.

美國國立衛生研究院下屬的國家過敏和傳染病研究院院長安東尼∙福奇表示，這項新研究是根據美國軍方艾滋病毒研究項目和泰國衛生部先前在泰國進行的一項研究而制定的。

The study is expected to enroll 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.

這次試驗準備從南非的15個地點招收5400名18到35歲有性行爲的男性和女性。在南非，每天感染HIV病毒的新患者超過1000人。

Results of the clinical trial are expected in 2020.

這次臨牀試驗結果預計將於2020年公佈。