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[单项选择]A New Medicine to Treat Both AIDS and Hepatitis B
A medicine approved last moth to treat AIDS(艾滋病) also shows promise against hepatitis B(乙 肝炎).
The drug, 3TC, puts down the hepatitis B virus in people with chronic infections, stopping its damage to the liver, researchers reported.
About one million Americans are thought to be infected with hepatitis B, which can lead to cirrhosis(肝硬化),liver failure and liver cancer in a small proportion of victims if left untreated.__________(46).
“ It’s a preliminary study, but this is promising. It looks like it has the potential to make a significant impact on hepatitis B,” said Dr Jules L.Dienstag of Massachusetts General Hospital, who directed the study.
Currently the only treatment for hepatitis B is interferon(干扰素). Such a treatment can permanently eliminate the virus in about one-third of patients.___________(47).
In the latest study, doctors found that 3TC appeared to knock out the virus permanently in about 20%o
[单项选择]AIDS
A. 检测特异性抗体
B. 检测特异性抗原
C. 检查内基小体
D. 检查包涵体
E. 检测病毒表面抗原
[填空题]In 1993, most of the new AIDS cases were among minority populations, especially African-Americans and Hispanics.
[单项选择]AIDS is said______the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years in the region.
A. being
B. to be
C. to have been
D. having been
[单项选择] AIDS
AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The human immunodeficiency virus (人类免疫缺损病毒)called HIV is believed to cause AIDS. There is no cure. People who get the disease will die. AIDS itself does not kill. However, it attacks and destroys the body’’s defense system that fights against infection. When this happens, a person has little ability to fight off many other diseases including pneumonia(肺炎), cancer and tuberculosis (结核病).
A new study says the number of women in the United States with AIDS has increased sharply. The study says AIDS is increasing faster among women than among men. Eighteen percent of AIDS patients are women. This is almost 3 times the rate 10 years ago. Most women get the AIDS virus from having sexual relations with men. Pregnant women with the disease can pass it to their babies. The effect of AIDS in America is greatest in large cities. AIDS is the leading cause of death among all people in 79 cities. It is th
A. Yes, they did in 1981 .
B. Yes, they did in 1983.
C. No. And they have given up the effort.
D. Not yet, but they are continuing effort to find better treatments for a cure.