美國預防醫學工作組建議進行廣泛HIV檢測

A U.S. task force is recommending that all American adults be tested for HIV, regardless of their risk of contracting the disease.

The government-backed panel of doctors and scientists released the recommendations Monday, calling for routine HIV screening for everyone between the ages of 15 and 65. The new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now align with similar recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Previously, the task force had recommended only that those at high risk be tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The panel says 50,000 people in the United States become infected with HIV each year. It says nearly a quarter of those infected with the virus do not know they have it.

Another recommendation is that teenagers younger than 15 and adults older than 65 should be screened if they are at increased risk for HIV infection. And the panel recommends that all pregnant woman be tested.

These recommendations do not specify how often people should get routine tests for HIV.美國預防醫學工作組建議所有的美國成年人進行HIV的檢測，不管他們是否有感染艾滋病毒的風險。

這個政府資助由醫生和科學家組成的小組星期一公佈了這項建議，要求年齡在15歲到65歲的每個人都要進行HIV病毒的檢測。美國預防醫學工作組公佈的新指導方針與美國疾病預防和控制中心的類似建議一致。

此前，美國預防醫學工作組建議，只有那些高危險的人羣應進行HIV病毒的檢測。HIV病毒能導致艾滋病。

這個工作組說，美國每年有5萬人感染HIV，但是其中近四分之一的人不知道他們感染了該病毒。

另外一項建議是，不足15歲的少年和超過65歲的成年人，如果他們是HIV病毒感染的高危險人羣，也應當進行HIV的檢測。工作組還建議所有的孕婦都要進行HIV的檢測。

這些建議沒有規定人們應多麼經常進行HIV的例行檢測。