1987年底来自旧金山的好消息是:在美国同性恋男性中,人免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)的传播似有下降。接触HIV的绝大多数病人迟早将感染上AIDS或其他与HIV有关的严重疾病。目前,医生能比较准确地预测哪些接触HIV的人将发展为AIDS。研究表明,1982年,21％未接触HIV的同性恋者产生HIV抗体,在几个月内他们接触了HIV。但在1983年,感染率突降至 The good news from San Francisco at the end of 1987 is that the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) appears to be on the decline in gay men in the United States. The vast majority of HIV-exposed patients will sooner or later be infected with AIDS or other HIV-related serious illnesses. At present, doctors are able to predict with greater certainty which people who are exposed to HIV will develop AIDS. Research shows that in 1982, 21% of HIV-free homosexuals developed HIV antibodies and within a few months they had been exposed to HIV. In 1983, however, the infection rate soared