美国预防医学工作组建议进行广泛HIV检测

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.

这个政府资助由医生和科学家组成的小组星期一公布了这项建议，要求年龄在15岁到65岁的每个人都要进行HIV病毒的检测。美国预防医学工作组公布的新指导方针与美国疾病预防和控制中心的类似建议一致。

此前，美国预防医学工作组建议，只有那些高危险的人群应进行HIV病毒的检测。HIV病毒能导致艾滋病。

这个工作组说，美国每年有5万人感染HIV，但是其中近四分之一的人不知道他们感染了该病毒。

另外一项建议是，不足15岁的少年和超过65岁的成年人，如果他们是HIV病毒感染的高危险人群，也应当进行HIV的检测。工作组还建议所有的孕妇都要进行HIV的检测。

这些建议没有规定人们应多么经常进行HIV的例行检测。